2026· Bakhtiniana: Revista de Estudos do Discurso· 0 citations· 2 references
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ABSTRACT This article aims to reflect on the functioning of generative language tools, based on the theoretical-methodological framework of materialist discourse analysis, founded on the propositions of Michel Pêcheux. Taking as a starting point the (re)reading of Pêcheux’s work, focusing on the notions of language, subject, enunciation and discourse, it proposes questions about the way in which the processes of production of meanings, theoretically understood as phenomena carried out by/in subjects, are affected by the advancement of chatbots, in their capacity for textual production. In a second moment, based on the analysis of linguistic materiality produced by ChatGPT, it points to the way in which the machine, inscribed in the place of “artificial intelligence,” begins to “inherit” discursive positions arising from texts present in its training, so that the meanings produced in their formulations are anchored in a mapping of dispute processes over meanings that instantiate these positions.
The article is devoted to a comparative study of such interplicate final concepts as PURPOSE, CONDITION, and CONCESSION. The purpose of the work is to identify the features of the representation of the concepts of PURPOSE, CONDITION, and CONCESSION in Russian and Chuvash linguistic worldviews. The scientific novelty of this work lies in the fact that it is the first to identify the dynamics of finality as a cognitive interface between the subject of cognition and objective reality, as a marker structure of the subject’s perception of causal relationships. The article examines speech planning as a dynamic process in which the speaker takes into account internal and external conditions that shape their communicative goals. Since the speaker is not free to choose their utterance, they operate within a field of numerous constraints and consciously construct a path to achieve their goal, resulting in various semantic modifications in their speech. The study found that external and internal conditions determine the speaker’s communicative goals, and if they cannot be achieved, a tactical retreat (concession) occurs. Interplicate concepts of PURPOSE, CONDITION, and CONCESSION are an integral cognitive tool for interacting with the objective world, allowing us to operate not only with actual, but also with potential and alternative possibilities. The forms and types of representatives of these concepts in different linguistic worldviews are historically and culturally conditioned.
L. V. Borisova, Alexey Rafailovich Gubanov, Yuriy Nikolaevich Isaev· Philology. Theory & Prac...· 0 citations
Introduction. The relevance of the study is determined by the sustained interest of contemporary linguistics and literary studies in implicit, non-logocentric forms of argumentation in literary discourse, as well as the need to rethink the persuasive potential of a text that is not based on explicit rational arguments. This article examines the argumentative potential of a literary text in terms of its ability to influence the reader through imagery, empirical experience, and symbolic interpretation of experience. The research problem lies in identifying the linguistic and compositional mechanisms through which literary discourse performs an argumentative function beyond the framework of the traditional logical-discursive model. The aim of the study is to analyze the linguistic, stylistic, and compositional means of implicit argumentation in the contemporary Russian novel. The empirical material consists of a text of the novel “Laurus” by E.G. Vodolazkin that represents a synthesis of literary, philosophical, and spiritual discourses. The research methodology includes stylistic analysis, elements of hermeneutics, narratology, and literary rhetoric; the theoretical basis is provided by concepts of latent argumentation developed in the works of O. Ducrot, Ch. Perelman, and other representatives of the rhetorical tradition. Results. The study demonstrates that the argumentative structure of the text is formed through empirically rich vocabulary, bodily and sensory imagery, symbolism of the path, fire, water, and the body, polyphony of narration, linguistic archaisms, and stylistic anachronisms. The scientific novelty of the work lies in interpreting the argumentation of a literary text as an existentially experienced and culturally mediated mode of persuasion, which expands traditional conceptions of argumentation limited to a logical-rational approach. Conclusion. Substantiate the idea that a literary text can perform an argumentative function through appeals to cultural memory, bodily involvement, and the spiritual intuition of the reader, opening prospects for further studies on the rhetoric of literary discourse, including within the context of Christian and philosophical prose.
P. Gong, I. Mitrofanova· Vestnik of Samara University...· 0 citations
This article uses frame semantics, the concept of a communicative frame, us-age-based construction grammar theory, and a corpus-based quantitative methodology to examine the characteristics of constructions in Polish that contain adverbial complements (ACs), the noun rzecz ‘thing’, and the quasi-participle ujmując ‘expressing/putting’. The author analyzes examples of this construction found in the National Corpus of Polish (NKJP) to understand its structural, semantic, distributional, and discourse-related features. In addition, the study identifies ACs that are strongly and weakly associated with this construction, and those that are more or less dependent on it. The research shows that this construction is often combined with various categories of ACs, each corresponding to distinct semantic and communicative frames. Furthermore, it has been observed that this construction is motivated by a specific conceptual metaphor, appears in different language registers, takes various forms, and serves multiple functions in discourse.
Introduction. The present article addresses the issue of using intertextual inclusions within English-language media discourse, specifically the representation of linguocognitive situational models in quotations and receiving media texts. The aim of the study is to identify linguocognitive situational models presented in quotations and receiving texts, their dominant components, and to determine their role in the process of interaction between texts and discourses. Drawing on the material of contemporary English-language media, a comparative analysis of the original utterance and its new contextual environment is carried out, making it possible to reveal transformations of linguocognitive situational models in the process of quoting. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the application of the author’s linguocognitive situational model for comparing the dominant components of the models represented in an intertextual inclusion and a receiving media text. Dominant components are understood as components of linguocognitive situational models that are of particular significance for the development of the represented situation and are foregrounded by the authors through intertextual inclusions and other linguistic means. They also act as the central semantic elements on which the recipient’s attention is focused when a quotation is transferred to new communicative conditions. Results. Comparativity as a basic methodological framework makes it possible to trace the changes occurring in linguocognitive situational models in accordance with the journalist’s pragmatic goal. The study has established that a significant transformation of the dominant components, up to their complete replacement, can occur in a receiving media text. Conclusion. The comparativity of intertextual inclusions in English-language media discourse consists in the comparison of linguocognitive situational models, represented through language means in an intertextual inclusion and a receiving text, and their dominant components. One or several components of the linguocognitive situational models represented in quotations may differ from those presented in the receiving media text, which draws the recipient’s attention to them and gives them a dominant character. In some cases, identical linguocognitive situational models are represented in both the citation and the receiving text.
E. S. Shevchenko· Vestnik of Samara University...· 0 citations
This article aims to reflect on the epistemological foundations of Linguistics as a science, specifically focusing on Saussurean contributions regarding the concepts of langage (human faculty of language), langue (language system/tongue), and parole (speech), as well as the nature of linguistic signs. Through a qualitative literature review, we sought to understand how scientific paradigms and historical contexts influenced the establishment of Linguistics as an autonomous field and the definition of its objects of study. The text is organized into three main sections: (1) Historical Linguistics: from Comparativism to Structuralism, providing a historical contextualization; (2) Langage, Langue, and Parole: An Exploration of Saussurean Concepts, revisiting Saussure’s thought regarding his dichotomies (langue vs. parole, signified vs. signifier); and (3) a discussion on the place of Linguistics within the Human Sciences and its theoretical implications. The study draws primarily on the work of Saussure (2006), Kuhn (1998), Fiorin (2010), and Ilari (2012), whose contributions enabled a critical, historical reading of the field's theoretical and methodological transformations. The findings indicate that Linguistics, despite originating within the framework of the exact sciences, shifted toward a different approach, thereby expanding its objects of study and methodologies. We conclude that debates concerning langue and parole remain central to understanding the trajectory of Linguistics a century after Saussure’s proposals in the Course in General Linguistics.
E. M. De Lima, Juliana Pereira da Silva, Maria Erivalda de Oliveira Silva et al.· Revista de Estudos Interdisc...· 0 citations
This paper aims to analyze the neologisms created and/or resignified by Eliane Brum in her work Banzeiro Òkòtó: uma viagem à Amazônia centro do mundo (2021), considering them as mechanisms for producing identity meaning and strategies of discursive resistance. Based on the understanding that language is not just a neutral instrument of communication, but rather a means of constructing worlds and subjectivities, we propose to investigate how the neologisms used by Brum contribute to reinforcing Amazonian identity and highlighting the sociopolitical and environmental conflicts that plague the Xingu region, particularly those resulting from the construction of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant. In this sense, the work in question transcends the genre of a reportage book, configuring itself as a literary-political manifesto that articulates denunciation, memory, and affectivity. In this way, it becomes a fertile field for reflecting on the relationships between language, territory, and identity. In view of this, the relevance of this study is justified by the transformative potential of the language used by Brum, whose writing, marked by a simultaneously poetic and political engagement, contributes to giving visibility to the historically silenced voices of the Amazon, as well as to denouncing the predatory effects of human action on the environment and indigenous peoples. From this perspective, the understanding of neologisms as marks of an authorship that resists colonial and utilitarian discourses proves essential to deepen the debates on the literary representation of the Amazon space and its relationship with the processes of belonging, displacement and resistance. Regarding the methodological path, a qualitative approach was adopted, based on the assumptions of functional linguistics, represented by authors such as Michael Halliday (1989), Maria Helena de Moura Neves (1997) and Rosangela Sousa (2015); and cognitive linguistics, based on the contributions of Lilian Ferrari (2010); The concept of neologism, in turn, is treated according to the studies of Nelly Medeiros de Carvalho (2010) and Maria Ieda Alves (2007). The analysis was conducted through a careful reading of the work, with the selection of excerpts in which innovative lexical formations or resignifications of existing terms occur. In which each occurrence was interpreted in light of the social, cultural and political context inserted, seeking to understand its effects of meaning and its discursive functions. As a result, it was found that the neologisms present in Banzeiro Òkòtó not only enrich the literary text, but also operate as instruments of symbolic struggle and identity affirmation. In addition to condensing collective and individual experiences, they articulate ancestral knowledge and local knowledge, establishing a language of their own that challenges the hegemonic ways of naming the Amazonian reality. It is therefore concluded that the use of these linguistic resources is central to the author's proposal to shift the axis of looking at the Amazon, transforming it into a narrative and political center, a space where language is established as a territory in constant dispute.