Argumentative processes on a opinion article of the Portuguese Language Olympics

Authors

  • Gilton Sampaio de Souza Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Francisca Lúcia Barreto de Lima Soares Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-8412.2017v14n3p2251

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the different types of arguments, considering them central parts of argumentative processes, in opinion articles of the Portuguese Language Olympiad written on the topic “Where I live.” To analyze the arguments in the selected articles we adopted the assumptions of the New Rhetoric (PERELMAN; OLBRECHTS-TYTECA, 2005), associated with the studies of Bakhtin (2003, 2010) and of Souza (2003, 2008, 2009), among others. We selected five articles awarded in different competitions (2008, 2010, 2012), which are in public domain, available on the official site of the Olympics. Most of the articles have their theses made by the arguments that support the actual structure, highlighting the relations of cause/effect and fact/consequence. Based on the established connection between the facts, speakers/ writers seek to understand these relationships and at the same time, explain and justify arguments and controversies involving issues related to their experience in the community.

Author Biographies

Gilton Sampaio de Souza, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Doutor em Línguistica e Língua Portuguesa pela Faculdade de Ciências e Letras, Campus de Araraquara, Universidade Estadual Paulista"Júlio Mesquita Filho" (UNESP). Professor Adjunto IV, área de Linguística, da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN).

Francisca Lúcia Barreto de Lima Soares, Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Ceará

Mestre em Letras pela Unversidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN). Professora de Língua Portuguesa da EEFM Beni Carvalho, em Aracati/CE, vinculada à Secretaria de Educação do Estado do Ceará (SEDUC/CE).

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Published

2017-09-25

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2017)

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