From a functionalist perspective, this article discusses aspects of the construction of the referential network of texts in narrative sequences from a sample of Brazilian novels in three subsequent periods. The aim is to verify the relationship between the way the referential slots are fulfilled (especially regarding the central characters of the plot) and the various processes involved in the creation mode and maintenance of the textual referential network in different situations. It builds up as the basic concept that the phoric (pro)nominal elements (nominal or pronominal phrase) perform in different ways the two essential functions in the referential process (the identification and the description of the referents), and that the set of positions in the introduction and maintenance of these elements represents a different choice in the configuration of the piece. Confirming the most basic functionalist principles, the analysis performed destroys the notion that there is a model in the grammar of the language to the referential organization of the text, and ensures the notion that the differences found work to the co-enunciative plan of the speaker inserted in the context of production and in his cultural context (HALLIDAY, 2004).
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