The polemic and the ethos construction in the political debate for the Maringá elections, 2004 - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v31i2.6785

Authors

  • Eliana Alves Greco UEM
  • Maria Célia Cortêz Passetti UEM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v31i2.6785

Keywords:

political discourse, polemic, ethos

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the polemic surrounding the ethos construction of the politicians involved in the runoff of the municipal elections of Maringá, in 2004. To accomplish these objectives, a corpus was chosen consisting of the televised political debate between the two candidates of the second round: João Ivo Caleffi (JIC/PT), representing the situation, and Sílvio Barros (SB/PP), representing the opposition. Based on the notions of polemic and the ethos proposed by the Maingueneau Discourse Analysis, the analysis of the controversial interdiscoursive movement of the two politicians showed that the ethos is constructed simultaneously to a process of disqualification of the opponent’s image.

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Author Biographies

  • Eliana Alves Greco, UEM
    Atualmente é professor adjunto tide da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Tem experiência na área de Lingüística, com ênfase em Análise do Discurso Escrito e Oral, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: argumentação, ethos, avaliação, produção textual e vestibular. Currículo Lattes
  • Maria Célia Cortêz Passetti, UEM
    Departamento de Letras, Centro de Ciências Humanas Letras e Artes, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.

Published

2009-10-06

Issue

Section

Linguistics

How to Cite

The polemic and the ethos construction in the political debate for the Maringá elections, 2004 - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v31i2.6785. (2009). Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, 31(2), 205-213. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v31i2.6785

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