Dialogic functions of repair by lexical synonymy in the process of writing and rewriting of an opinion article

Abstract

<jats:p>This article presents a study that aims to identify and analyze dialogic functions of repair by lexical synonymy in the process of writing and rewriting of an opinion article. The data were collected in the Research Laboratory entitled 'Workshop of Reading, Writing and Rewriting of Opinion Articles', an activity of the Research Group UTFPR-CNPq LAD'Humano, in 2015. The opinion articles were written by first term undergraduate students of the Letters Teacher Certification Program in Portuguese-English of the Federal University of Technology of Paraná, Brazil, Pato Branco Campus. The writing of the texts was recorded by the software AutoScreen Recorder and Inputlog. The analyses are mainly based on Bakhtin, Volosinov, and Vygotsky and show that repair by lexical synonymy has the dialogic functions of addressing the target audience of the text, of textual adjustment, of giving the desired content to discourse and of acting in the process of construction of the writer's image. As "the meaning of the word is completely determined by its context" (BAKHTIN/VOLOCHÍNOV, 2014, p.109), it is the verbal and extraverbal context of a certain word choice that will contribute or not to building the meaning intended by the writer, and that is why synonymy study in the process of writing is important.</jats:p>

“I Still Love Them and Wear Them”—Conflict Occurrence and Management in Wearer-Clothing Relationships

“…Fortunately, mending is becoming associated with leisure instead of work [32,44], and the recent revival of mending groups [32] draws awareness to the practice of care for garments already owned. Furthermore, mending advice and repair services offered by brands (e.g., Patagonia [46] and H&M [47]) may help to promote a caring attitude towards one's clothes, while also supporting the wearer's ability to successfully overcome garment-related conflict. Bringing care from the privacy of the home to the social sphere contributes to a shift towards post-growth fashion [33] and re-shapes lay-beliefs on wearer-clothing relationships.…”

“…I worked hard to get it out, but it's still slightly there if you look. I was annoyed it had happened because I love the jacket, but I still wear it anyway.-Jane (42), red trench coat (7) I remember getting paint on it and being really bummed about it at the time as it was still when I wore it often and during the day-Emma (46), Lisa Simpson T-shirt (27) Most conflict originating in garments was related to physical changes in the items. However, some wearers also had to overcome adversity related to original features, as is the case of Harriet and the sleeves of her jumper: Sleeves too long [I] have to turn them up-Harriet (63), Jumper (3)…”

“…I used to wear it often when I was in the classroom. I have an office now and I am trying to wear a different style of clothes.-Lucy (46), Grey Romper (4) I wore it a lot then I started working with children and it became impractical to wear so I wore it less.-Margaret (31), Teal Tulle Skirt (15) Trying to keep wearing older garments, even beloved ones, in a context such as a change of jobs may be a challenge particularly difficult to overcome, for fashion has indeed the role to allow wearers to 'fit in' different social spheres [30] such as the professional one. Margaret's case is particular in that her new job now implied working with children, so the change in work attire followed practicality-more than appropriateness-as a result of interactions with other people (i.e., the children), which we also identify as a source of conflict in wearer-clothing relationships.…”

“…Thus, while we can consider compromise as a positive approach to conflict (since it extends the use phase), there is the caveat that relegated items free daytime wear to be filled by new items. This situation is unlikely to be reversible: I wore it often when I got it as oversized shirts were fashionable then, but over time as fashions changed I now wear it as a bedtime shirt/sleepwear as it's too big and too worn to be "fashionable" as daytime wear.-Emma (46), Lisa Simpson character T-shirt (27) Moreover, one can look for a compromise to avoid the escalation of the [35]; however, in this case, we witness an accommodating behaviour that can contribute not to relationship satisfaction but to relationship deterioration. While some married couples stay unhappily married due to their ability to compromise [23], relationships with clothes do not hold that level of commitment and, consequently, do not elicit the same effort to maintain.…”

The The dialogic nature of regulation in collaborative digital argumentative writing practices

“…It engages in a continuous dialogue in the sociocultural environment in which it is immersed, bringing together countless voices. The flow of written production and the processes involved in writing can become an object of linguistic analysis due to the richness and plurality that emerge from social practice (Aiolfi et al, 2020;Severina & Milkevich, 2019).…”