Sorria! Jesus te aceita: um estudo sobre a indexicalidade em uma comunidade de prática evangélica inclusiva

Abstract

This dissertation aims to investigate how a community of practice for their discursive practice uses indexers and to promote the engagement of their members through linguistic and non-linguistic practices. Part of the hypothesis that is member members of content communities, related to engage, using contents (indexators) to mark the ownership and the identity in certain group. The present research is free through a sociolinguistic approach, published for the third time (ECKERT, 2005, 2012), and a community of practice studied is an inclusive evangelical church, denominated Contemporary Christian Church, located in the municipality of Niterói-RJ. Is conducted this research by community practice studies (WENGER, 2000, ECKERT, MCCONNEL-GINNET, 1992, 2003, ECKERT, 2000) and indexicality (SILVERTEIN, 2003). It also requires an approach to identity construction (WOODWARD; HALL, 2003; MENDONZA-DENTON, 2002; ECKERT; MCCONNELL-GINET, 2010, DE FINA, 2003). The qualitative-interpretative research (ERICKSON, 1986, 1994), an ethnographic research (WATSON-GEGEO, 1988), (SPRADLEY, 1980) (MOITA LOPES, 1994), WOLCOTT 2005). How to configure methodology and data generation uses a narrative Labov (1972), Labov, Waletzky (1968), and Linde (1993) and an interaction of the Whatsapp application group. As a result, we can see how differences engagement and member indexer uses, both in the virtual group and in interviews. The newer members have less practice, we notice in their speeches the desire for integration; Older members dominate the language repertoire and share the identified traits of the community.