Speech And Relatives

and “semantics” exudes passions

Authors

  • João Carlos Cattelan Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras (PPGL), Cascavel, PR, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-5284
  • Isabela Karolina Gomes Ferreira Oliveira Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste), Cascavel, PR. Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-5794-e18555

Keywords:

syntax, semantics, discourse, relative clauses, ideology, ambiguity

Abstract

Supported by the argument that, since the School of Port Royal, there has been a pendular circularity between Logic and Rhetoric, based respectively on a universal theory of ideas or on individualistic subjectivism, Michel Pêcheux (1982) uses relative clauses as a linguistic phenomenon to support the development of a materialist theory of discourse based on Linguistics and Historical Materialism above all. For the author, it is not always possible to define whether a relative clause is appositive or determinative, since they carry an ambiguity that can only be equated in the light of the historical conditions related to their appearance. This study focuses on the ambiguous nature of certain relative clauses, using as data cases collected by postgraduate students attending a course on ‘Discourse Theory’ and which touch on controversial social issues, because, at the very limit, they are intended to establish the “best” forms of personal action.

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Author Biography

João Carlos Cattelan, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (Unioeste), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras (PPGL), Cascavel, PR, Brasil

Professor de Língua Portuguesa e Linguística no Curso de Graduação em Letras do câmpus de Marechal Cândido Rondon e no Curso de Pós-Graduação em Letras do câmpus de Cascavel.

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Published

01/11/2024

How to Cite

CATTELAN, J. C.; GOMES FERREIRA OLIVEIRA, I. K. Speech And Relatives: and “semantics” exudes passions. ALFA: Revista de Linguística, São Paulo, v. 68, 2024. DOI: 10.1590/1981-5794-e18555. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/18555. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 68 (2024)

Section

Papers

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