A continuidade e a progressão de sentido do texto a partir dos procedimentos de repetição e substituição

Abstract

This study focuses on the aspect of cohesion as a principle of construction of meaning of the text based on the relation of reiteration of referents in the textual tessitura. It has as general objective to investigate the repetition and substitution procedures in the productions of stories of students of the 6th grade of Elementary School. As specific objectives, we intend to: identify the referent that concentrates the thematic unit of the stories produced by the students; Identify and describe the resources that reiterate the referent responsible for the thematic unit of these stories, analyze the functioning of the resources that carry out the reiteration of the main reference in the stories in the perspective of continuity and the progression of meaning. We seek theoretical support in the postulates of Antunes (2005, 2009, 2012), Koch (2002, 2009, 2014, 2012), Koch and Travaglia (2014), Koch and Elias (2010, 2014, 2016), Marcuschi 2012), Adam (1992), Bonini (2005). Aiming at the fulfillment of the objectives outlined, the research we propose was carried out through a qualitative, descriptive, exploratory and interpretive field research. With regard to the results of the data analysis, we found that the use of the resources of repetition of units of the lexicon and of situational characterizers was more productive for the maintenance and the progression of sense of the text in relation to the use of synonymous terms. We have found that inadequacies in the use of such resources, while not impairing the overall interpretability of texts, have led to structural problems, resulting in aspects of localized inconsistencies. In this sense, we attribute to Portuguese language teaching practices that contribute to the improvement of the difficulties presented by the students. Based on this understanding, we elaborated a didactic proposal with reflective activities that aimed at the writing of different textual genres related to the maintenance and progression of the thematic unit from the use of resources inherent to the repetition and substitution procedures.