Linguistic (im)politeness and face preservation in a plenary session of the Brazilian Supreme Court

The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the occurrence of (im)politeness and face-saving strategies in a plenary session of the Brazilian Supreme Court of Justice (STF), in the interaction between Justices Gilmar Mendes and Luís Roberto Barroso. Methodologically, it is a qualitative work...

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Autores: Agostinho da Silva, Ananias, Aparecida da Costa, Amanda, Thiciane dos Santos Andrade, Gabrielly
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto de Língua Portuguesa do Liceu Literário Português
Repositorio:Confluência (Rio de Janeiro. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.emnuvens.com.br:article/1369
Acceso en línea:https://revistaconfluencia.org.br/rc/article/view/1369
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Polidez
Impolidez
Preservação da face
Politeness
Impoliteness
Face preservation
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Sumario:The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the occurrence of (im)politeness and face-saving strategies in a plenary session of the Brazilian Supreme Court of Justice (STF), in the interaction between Justices Gilmar Mendes and Luís Roberto Barroso. Methodologically, it is a qualitative work that applies the method of conversation analysis with a descriptive and interpretative approach. It is based on assumptions from the theories of politeness, including authors such as Brown and Levinson (1987), Goffman (1978) and Culpeper (2011). The data analysis shows that in formal public spaces such as the plenary session of the highest court in the land, a place that requires a certain linguistic and behavioral rigor typical of the legal sphere, interactions rely heavily on strategies of (im)politeness and face-saving. As it is a place of conflict resolution, discourse does not always conform to the expected impersonality, clarity, conciseness, formality and uniformity.