A presença dos contextualizadores na construção da imagem do Ministro Joaquim Barbosa

Abstract

This study aims to examine the contribution of contextualizers as a resource for the construction of the image of the Minister Joaquim Barbosa in a report published in Veja magazine on October 10th, 2012. The theoretical basis is the Textual Linguistics, one starts with some theoretical considerations about this theory and his views on text, meaning, reader and contextualizers. The analysis should reveal that the choice of certain contextualizers are tracks that need to be observed by the reader with a view to discovering certain constructions of meaning and, specifically in the text discussed, assists in building especially the image of the Minister Joaquim Barbosa.