The image of Jesuits through cohesive resources in anti-Jesuit discourse
Vol.42,No.2(2021)
Abstract
Keywords:
Jesuits; cohesive resources; substitution; cohesion; repetition; discourse; Portuguese; anti-Jesuit
Pages:
181–194
This article deals with the importance of cohesive resources in anti-Jesuit discourse. Its aim is to deepen the meanings of the anti-Jesuit texts, conceived not only as clusters of a written exposition, but as macro texts, that is, as organic totality supported by lines of thematic and ideological coherence, underlining the importance of repetition and substitution of lexical and grammatical items. The article analyses the text cohesion which arises from semantic relationships between grammar and words, focused on recurrence and substitution of language resources. Through the analysis, the article applies theories of Irandé Antunes to anti-Jesuit discourse and the study also focuses on discursive practices of some critics of Jesuits. An image of the Jesuits is composed and it is referred to the nature of the individual linguistic resources.
Jesuits; cohesive resources; substitution; cohesion; repetition; discourse; Portuguese; anti-Jesuit
181–194
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