Modulações no discurso de Michel Temer sobre o papel da mulher: uma análise crítica e pragmático-emotiva

Abstract

This article aims to identify what are the stylistic-communicative modulators, from excerpts of the current President of the Republic’s speech, Michel Temer, on the International Women’s Day of 2017, used to regulate the illocutionary force and reduce the responsibility to its statement and its interlocutor. In addition, we aim to examine how linguistic resources are updated in the representation of women. The theoretical approach includes the perspectives of Critical Discourse Analysis (FAIRCLOUGH, 2001), the Concepts of Speech Acts (AUSTIN, 1962), Face-Work (GOFFMAN, 1967), but we mainly rely on the Pragmatic of Emotive Communication (JANNEY , 1994, CAFFI, 2007) as the theoretical- methodological basis for this research. We selected some parts of the video from the speech and transcribed and subdivided them into six excerpts. We identified a biased and male chauvinist discourse which claims that domestic chores are women’s work. In all the excerpts there are elements that represent an attempt to imprint attenuation and argumentative force on his words and protect his face. Communicative-emotive devices with an assertive marking function, assertiveness and confidence permeated all the analyzed sections.