Abstract:The research presents a brief discourse analysis of "If vegans said the stuff meat-eaters say": a sarcastic PETA* video ad in favor of vegetarianism and, most importantly, the animals. Here, the attempt is to show how meat-eaters construct their identities (BUCHOLTZ & HALL, 2004 and 2005; MARTIN & WHITE, 2005) when in conversations with vegans/vegetarians and how the latter have been convincing meat-eaters towards vegetarianism for the animals. For this analysis, this article considered the social semiotic per… Show more
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