Abordagens da argumentação nos estudos de Linguística Textual

Abstract

This study reflects on the different ways to deal with the issues of argumentation in the tradition of studies in Text Linguistics in Brazil, so it discusses the interfaces that Text Linguistics has been creating with two theoretical perspectives of the argumentation: the Theory of Semantic Blocks and the New Rhetoric, besides reflecting on how the argumentative studies go through approaches of the discourse and of the text. After these thoughts, this study justifies why the Theory of Argumentation in the Discourse holds points of view that are close to the theoretical principles of Text Linguistics and suggests that the units of analysis of the text be considered as analytical criteria when interpreting language choices that show the argumentative orientation and the discursive polemics in the texts.