A organização de preferência em cartas de pedido de empresas estatais brasileiras

Authors

  • Maria do Carmo Leite de Oliveira Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Keywords:

politeness, interaction, business discourse, preference organization, speech acts, request, portuguese

Abstract

The present study applies the notion of preference organization to letters of request from two Brazilian state-owned companies. The aim is to critically examine this notion in written texts, as applied to the first part of an adjacent pair. We argue, in the light of Brown & Levinson's (1987-[1978]) politeness theory, that request may be classified according to different degrees of preference which reflects the need or intention to negaciate the control of relationship

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Published

2019-07-15

How to Cite

Oliveira, M. do C. L. de. (2019). A organização de preferência em cartas de pedido de empresas estatais brasileiras. DELTA: Documentação E Estudos Em Linguística Teórica E Aplicada, 12(2). Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/delta/article/view/44029

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (1996)

Section

Articles