Leitura de textos DC: o reconhecimento de estratégias do discurso da divulgação científica

Abstract

This paper aims at demonstrating complexity of factors engaged on the production and reading of Scientific Publicizing texts (from now on SP texts). Corpus for this study is made up of SP texts published in online magazine Ciência Hoje . Method applied is grounded on Semiolinguistic theory, by Patrick Charaudeau (2008). Analysis focuses not only on language competence model conceived by this linguist, but also on characteristics of the communication contract within which studied texts occur. Thus, it has been possible to realize that reading SP texts depends on a set of recognition strategies the reader of these texts needs to apply for making sense. This study allowed to ground the criticism according to which linguistic dimension of scientific literacy demands much more than knowing basic scientific vocabulary. Relevance of this study lies on contributing, as far as language is concerned, both to reading SP texts and to complying with PCNs instructions for Portuguese Language teaching.