O uso das orações relativas em editoriais de jornal: os tipos padrão e não padrão.

Abstract

The research here presented proposes to investigate the oral structures, focusing on relative clauses. Following the studies made by Tarallo (1983) and Mollica (1977), we take the initial hypothesis which is that the pattern structures, those which follow the rules of traditional grammar in relation to speaking and writing well, are disappearing, understanding the insurgency of the reduced relative clause type – where there is no preposition with the relative pronoun – in formal occasions. To do such analysis, 12 editorial parts form the on-line version of the newspaper Estadão will be used, in order to verify: i) what oral structures are being used by the writers instead of the relative clauses structures; ii) what strategies from the adjective type appear on the text in formal occasions; iii) if the writers know how to properly prepare the relative pronouns. As a methodology, the types of strategies of relative clauses will be quantified – although only 5 of the texts are presented in their complete form. The aim of this quantification is to verify what are the syntactic function developed by the relative pronouns, if they appear as a pattern or not, and if there is any innovation related to the use of the syntactic co-ordination or the relative pronouns. The result, as expected, is the notorious arising of new strategies, as well as an approach between Mollica’s (1977) and Tarallo’s (1983) studies on formal writing. Therefore, this research works as a base not only to make us think upon the types of syntactic co-ordination used in relation to adjective clauses, but also to guide future linguistic studies related to this case.