Posições axiológicas na escrita de artigos científicos do ProfLetras

Abstract

This research aims to understand how axiological positions adopted by research professors, when in dialogue with the voices mentioned in the text and when discussing the aim of their research, compose the textual organization of scientific papers produced in the scope of the Professional Master's Degree Program in Letters (ProfLetras). To this end, the research is based on the hypothesis that, when writing scientific papers, the axiological positions adopted by the research professors are revealed through the development of a critical sense, through the elaboration of questions and when problematizing a certain discourse, by reflecting upon the issues involving the classroom and through the dialogue with the voices mentioned in the text. The specific aims of this study are: a) to verify how the voices reported in the scientific papers are configured, observing them in the constitution of the professor-researcher's voice; b) to investigate the operation of linguistic-discursive elements, which configure axiological positions, in the discussions introduced by the research professors regarding their object of study, considering the research results; c) to analyze how research professors dialogue with one another, observing their positionings and how they relate this dialogue to their professional experience; and d) to investigate the axiological positions in the macrostructural organization of scientific papers. The theoretical-methodological assumptions used in this research comprise, generally, the studies of the Bakhtin Circle (2010, 2011, 2016, 2017), especially regarding the conceptions of language, ideological sign, axiological positions, and the discourse of others. In addition, Authier-Revuz’s studies (1190, 1998, 2004 and 2008) on enunciative heterogeneity and Coracini’s (1991) on the modality in scientific discourse also contributed to the research. The research corpus is composed of six scientific papers produced by ProfLetras’ egress students and published in a scientific journal, available in electronic format. This study is related to the Linguistic Studies of the Text line of research, it presents a qualitative approach and adopts the interpretative method of the Evidential Paradigm proposed by Ginzburg (1989). The results showed that: a) research professors use multiple strategies in order to print their axiological positions, such as appealing to the daily discourses spread in their context, and quote authors, dictionaries, and other documents of reference in the teaching of Portuguese, seeking to corroborate the ideas which they have defended; b) the research professors evaluate, advise the students in discussions about the subject of study, either implicitly or explicitly (through the use of some expressions, verbs, for example), revealing a prescriptive discourse; c) when in the dialogue with other voices, a sense of agreement with the ones mentioned in the texts predominates, as well as the summoning of the other’s discourse to support the researcher’s voice; and d) in the macro-structural organization of the scientific paper, the axiological positions sometimes appear in a clearer way, with a stronger evaluative tone, and sometimes are expressed in a more implicit way.