The aim of this essay is to investigate Face Theory, from a gender perspective, in the 19th century’s novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen with the help of Speech Act Theory including direct Speech and indirect Speech. The special focuses of this investigation are if Elizabeth has a stereotypical use of FTAs strategies for different genders.

Submitted by Fabiano Vassallo (fabianovassallo2127@gmail.com) on 2017-05-24T17:41:57Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertação Sabryna-2017PDF.pdf: 604603 bytes, checksum: 57b45feb325833a6ac4281599e2adf7d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Josimara Dias Brumatti (bcgdigital@ndc.uff.br) on 2017-06-13T14:46:45Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertação Sabryna-2017PDF.pdf: 604603 bytes, checksum: 57b45feb325833a6ac4281599e2adf7d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-13T14:46:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertação Sabryna-2017PDF.pdf: 604603 bytes, checksum: 57b45feb325833a6ac4281599e2adf7d (MD5) / A presente dissertação tem como objetivo principal investigar as interações e os discursos construídos entre professores e coordenadores de um curso de idiomas do Rio de Janeiro. Considerando um contexto em que as relações entre eles podem ser conflitantes, devido à hierarquia e aos discursos de poder envolvidos, é possível observar traços de cooperação e tentativas de aproximação nessa interação. Esta pesquisa se situa no âmbito dos Estudos do Discurso – com contribuições da pragmática, da análise do discurso e da análise da conversa – e tem como objetivo geral investigar como as estratégias de Polidez e da Face são utilizadas pelos falantes investigados. O estudo se baseia principalmente na teoria da Face proposto por Goffman (1980) e Polidez desenvolvida por Brown e Levinson (1987). Como técnicas de geração de dados, foram utilizadas gravações de sessões de feedback pós-aula entre professores e coordenadores, em que as estratégias utilizadas pelos sujeitos e as relações de poder existentes em seus discursos puderam ser identificadas, revelando as identidades móveis/fragmentadas (HALL, 2011). A pesquisa demonstra, por fim, que através de seus discursos, o coordenador pedagógico carrega no seu dizer marcas constitutivas de sua multiplicidade e que ambos, coordenadores e professores utilizam estratégias para manutenção e preservação de suas faces / This dissertation aims to investigate the interactions and discourses between teachers and coordinators of a language school in Rio de Janeiro. Considering a context where the relations between teachers and coordinators can be conflicting due to hierarchy and power discourses involved, it is possible to see cooperation traits and attempts of approximation in this area. This research lies in Discourse Studies – with the support of pragmatics, discourse analysis and conversation analysis – and aims to investigate how the speakers investigated use politeness and face strategies. This study is basedmainly on the Face theory suggested by Goffman (1980) and the Politeness theory developed by Brown and Levinson (1987). As the data for the present research were generated by records of feedback meeting after classes between teachers and coordinators, the strategies used by the subject and the power in their discourses where fragmented identities (Hall, 2011)could be identified. This research finally shows that by the discourse, the pedagogical coordinator has it his/her speech traits that composes its plurality and both, coordinators and teachers use strategies to sustain and preserve their ‘faces’

This essay is a qualitative study where the theory of face and image repair theory evaluate the apologetic strategy of a pudel. The analysed data is from Swedish former Members of Parliament that had to leave their positions due to scandals they were involved in that affected them personally. The analysis shows that the image repair strategy of bolstering is commonly used, that bolstering poses a threat on the speaker’s positive face, and that bolstering is a jeopardising move when attempting to perform a pudel. This study also confirms that when executed successfully, a pudel could restore image and be a successful face-saving strategy. The results also detect the need to further research on how linguistics and rhetoric can cooperate to make more thorough analyses of speech acts. / Denna uppsats är en kvalitativ studie där teorin om face och image repair analyserar och utvärderar den kommunikativa strategin pudeln. Det analyserade datat kommer från pressmeddelanden, presskonferenser och officiella Facebookmeddelanden från svenska riksdagspolitiker som på grund av en skandal behövt lämna sin ledamotsroll i Sveriges Riksdag. Resultatet påvisar att strategin bolstering inom image repair teorin, är vanligt förekommande, att samma strategi utgör ett ansiktshot på den person som använder sig av den strategin och att om man inte lyckas med sin bolstering, riskerar man att inte rädda sitt ansikte eller anseende. Studien visar också på att en lyckad tillämpning av pudeln kan rädda en persons anseende och ansikte. Resultaten i studien öppnar även upp för framtida undersökning, och påvisar att lingvistiska teorier och retoriska teorier kan komplettera varandra vid mer ingående analyser av talakter.