Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmatics

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Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: preprint
Idioma: por
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Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/5965
Resumo: The aim of this study was to analyze 20 statements of apology from Brazilian politicians, published between 2010 and 2021, to identify the linguistic elements that characterize them. Our hypothesis was that stance taking, as well as the use of politeness strategies contributed to the  felicity condition of the apologies, potentially serving as resources that promote the moral reconciliation between the offender and the offended party. The results confirmed that public political apologies display three main characteristics: (a) explicit and conventionalized elements (IFIDS – illocutionary force indicating devices – Searle, 1969); (b) politeness strategies and (c) expression of attitude. These elements operated so that the apologies fulfilled their perlocutionary effect. Broader axiological aspects were also identified in the data, which impacted the restorative potential of the public apologies analyzed.
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spelling Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmaticsPedidos de desculpas feitos por políticos brasileiros: uma visão da pragmática linguísticapedidos de desculpaspolidezatos de falaexpressão de atitudeapologiespolitenessspeech actsstance-takingThe aim of this study was to analyze 20 statements of apology from Brazilian politicians, published between 2010 and 2021, to identify the linguistic elements that characterize them. Our hypothesis was that stance taking, as well as the use of politeness strategies contributed to the  felicity condition of the apologies, potentially serving as resources that promote the moral reconciliation between the offender and the offended party. The results confirmed that public political apologies display three main characteristics: (a) explicit and conventionalized elements (IFIDS – illocutionary force indicating devices – Searle, 1969); (b) politeness strategies and (c) expression of attitude. These elements operated so that the apologies fulfilled their perlocutionary effect. Broader axiological aspects were also identified in the data, which impacted the restorative potential of the public apologies analyzed.O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar 20 pedidos de desculpas de políticos brasileiros, publicados entre 2010 e 2021, para identificar os elementos linguísticos que os caracterizam, ligados à polidez e à expressão de atitude. Nossa hipótese era de que as expressões de postura e as estratégias de polidez contribuíam para a felicidade dos pedidos de desculpas públicos, atuando, potencialmente, para a conciliação moral entre ofensor e a vítima. Os resultados confirmaram que os pedidos de desculpas de políticos apresentam três características principais: (a) elementos explícitos e convencionalizados de desculpas (IFIDS – illocutionary force indicating devices – Searle, 1969); (b) estratégias de polidez e (c) expressão de atitude. Esses elementos atuaram para que os pedidos de desculpas obtivessem o efeito perlocucionário desejado. Foram também identificados aspectos axiológicos mais amplos, que impactaram o potencial reparador dos pedidos de desculpas.SciELO PreprintsSciELO PreprintsSciELO Preprints2023-05-19info:eu-repo/semantics/preprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/596510.1590/1678-460x202349328porhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/article/view/5965/11465Copyright (c) 2023 Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto Oliveirahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessOliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciottoreponame:SciELO Preprintsinstname:Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO)instacron:SCI2023-05-19T15:43:53Zoai:ops.preprints.scielo.org:preprint/5965Servidor de preprintshttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scieloONGhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/oaiscielo.submission@scielo.orgopendoar:2023-05-19T15:43:53SciELO Preprints - Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmatics
Pedidos de desculpas feitos por políticos brasileiros: uma visão da pragmática linguística
title Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmatics
spellingShingle Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmatics
Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
pedidos de desculpas
polidez
atos de fala
expressão de atitude
apologies
politeness
speech acts
stance-taking
title_short Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmatics
title_full Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmatics
title_fullStr Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmatics
title_full_unstemmed Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmatics
title_sort Apologies by Brazilian politicians: A view from linguistic pragmatics
author Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
author_facet Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oliveira, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv pedidos de desculpas
polidez
atos de fala
expressão de atitude
apologies
politeness
speech acts
stance-taking
topic pedidos de desculpas
polidez
atos de fala
expressão de atitude
apologies
politeness
speech acts
stance-taking
description The aim of this study was to analyze 20 statements of apology from Brazilian politicians, published between 2010 and 2021, to identify the linguistic elements that characterize them. Our hypothesis was that stance taking, as well as the use of politeness strategies contributed to the  felicity condition of the apologies, potentially serving as resources that promote the moral reconciliation between the offender and the offended party. The results confirmed that public political apologies display three main characteristics: (a) explicit and conventionalized elements (IFIDS – illocutionary force indicating devices – Searle, 1969); (b) politeness strategies and (c) expression of attitude. These elements operated so that the apologies fulfilled their perlocutionary effect. Broader axiological aspects were also identified in the data, which impacted the restorative potential of the public apologies analyzed.
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