Euphoria and dysphoria of Ana Maria Braga's retroflex /R/

Authors

  • Conrado Moreira Mendes UFMG – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Ana Cristina Fricke Matte UFMG – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21709/casa.v6i2.1207

Keywords:

semiótica francesa, plano da expressão, nível fundamental, euforia/disforia, /R/ retroflexo, <i>Mais Você</i>, french semiotics, expression plan, fundamental level, euphoria/dysphoria, retroflex /R/

Abstract

In this article we analyze the ways in which the adoption of the retroflex /R/ by Ana Maria Braga, the host of the Brazilian female TV program Mais Você, can have a euphoric value, whereas the glottal, velar or flap /R/ would have a dysphoric value. In a second situation, the glottal, velar or flap /R/ will have a euphoric value, while the retroflex would have a dysphoric value. Such basic semantic categories are related to the fundamental level of the meaning generative process, described by the French semiotic theory. Keywords: French semiotics; expression plan; fundamental level, euphoria/dysphoria, retroflex /R/, Mais Você.

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Published

13/01/2009

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2008)

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