Forms of Treatment at the Turn of the 20th Century: A Sociopragmatic Analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Valentim, Marinalda Freitas
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Lacerda, Mariana Fagundes de Oliveira, Carneiro, Zenaide de Oliveira Novais
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da ANPOLL (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistadaanpoll.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/1134
• topic: Treatment methods; Personal letters of the twentieth century; Brazilian Portuguese; Pronomes de tratamento; Cartas pessoais do século XX; Português Brasileiro

From a sociopragmatic perspective, this research analyzes the use of the treatment forms in the position of full subject, in the Letters to Severino Vieira -Governador da Bahia (1901-1902). In this way, it is sought to observe the distribution of treatment strategies according to the communicative situation established between sender and recipient, according to the theory of Power and Solidarity (BROWN, GILMAN, 1960). The nature of the relationship established between the senders and the Governor Severino Vieira was classified, for the most part, as ascending asymmetry, which explains the high occurrence of the nominal form of Your Excellency. This result confirms the idea that there is a close relationship between forms of treatment and social roles.