Advice letters as a means of socioconstruction of homosexual identity

Authors

  • Rodrigo Acosta Pereira Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2006v9n2p185

Keywords:

Genre advice letter, Critical discourse analysis, Social identities.

Abstract

This research is related to the area of Genre Studies, Critical Discourse Analysis, Socioconstruction of Identities and Systemic-functional Grammar. It aims to analyze the genre advice letter published in magazines directed to male homosexual readers. This study contributes to the comprehension of the relationship between discourse and social structures and its close relationship to the Socioconstruction of identities.

 

 

Author Biography

Rodrigo Acosta Pereira, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Graduado em Letras Português/Inglês e Literaturas pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Pós-graduando em Metodologia do Ensino de Inglês pela UNIFRA. Prof. do Curso de Extensão em Línguas Estrangeiras da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria – CELS/UFSM

Published

2006-12-15

How to Cite

PEREIRA, Rodrigo Acosta. Advice letters as a means of socioconstruction of homosexual identity. Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 2, p. 185–213, 2006. DOI: 10.5433/2237-4876.2006v9n2p185. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/3945. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.