Constituição de enunciadores em redação de vestibulando indígena: pontos de vista na argumentação

Abstract

This research brings together reflections and analyses on the category of enunciators as indicators of polyphony in utterances within Indigenous entrance exam essays. The investigation focuses on how the use of argumentative operators and polyphonic manifestations contributes to the characterization of argumentativeness and the signalling of points of view in texts produced within this context. In order to address this issue, the main goal set was to identify and interpret how certain argumentative operators indicate beliefs, points of view, and, consequently, enunciators in an essay by an Indigenous candidate taking the entrance exam at the Western Paraná State University (Unioeste), whose topic addresses land demarcation. To achieve the proposed goal, the study relies on the theoretical assumptions of Argumentative Semantics, drawing on contributions by Ducrot (1987, 1989), Guimarães (1992, 2001), and Koch (2002, 2003, 2011). Methodologically, it is characterized as analytical research with a qualitative approach. As a result of the investigative process, it was found that convincing argumentation is formed by linguistic markers that demonstrate polyphony as they introduce and articulate implicit and explicit voices to support the defended theses.