Vem Pra Rua: um estudo sistêmico-funcional baseado em corpora digitais

Abstract

This dissertation analyses the expression. Vem Pra Rua, as found in the posts sent to Youtube, Facebook and the news site G1, during the social manifestations in Brazil, between June and July 2013 January to March 2015. The analysis focuses on the expression Vem Pra Rua and its linguistic cotext, within the backdrop of the manifestations. Social protests are common practices in democratic societies. However, in the 2013 and 2015 protests, the web had a major role in the organization of the movement, as well as in the increase of popular participation.The analyses of the language in use in the posts is carried out in the light of both the Systemic Functional Linguistics with a focus on Circumstances (HALLIDAY; MATTHIESSEN, 2014) as well as on Appraisal Theory (MARTIN; WHITE, 2005). In terms of data collection and processing, two digital corpora (with subcorpora) were compiled with a view to an analysis by means of a concordancing program. This analysis focused on possible modifications undergone by the expression along the two events. It was found that in 2013 the expression first appeared within the posts referred to as the lyrics of a song and as a commercial. However, it was subsequently referred to as the anthem of the protests and as a call for street demonstrations. These calls were set within an agenda which included criticism of corruption and demands for constitutional rights such as health, education and public security. In the 2015 data, Vem Pra Rua Brasil was found as a pattern in which it was possible to detect the organization of a group with political concerns. The present study is based on the linguistic view of a social movement which springs online and which unfolds off-line, thus indicating the role of the internet within the interactions