SYSTEMATICITY IN INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF MINIMAL TOPIC SEGMENTS IN NEWSPAPERS EDITORIALS OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO IN 21ST CENTURY

Abstract Based on the theoretical framework of Textual-Interactive Grammar, this work discusses the recognition of a basically systematic linguistic unit in the field of the textual organization of language. Therefore, it investigates the Topic Organization in newspaper editorials of the state of São Paulo in 21 st century, with the aim of evaluating if, in editorials, the internal structuring of minimal Topic Segments (SegTs), part of the Topic Organization, is configured as a systematic process, which can to be described according to a general rule of organization, or if is an essentially variable process. Using the method of topic analysis that enables the textual analysis based on the category of the discourse topic, the paper analyzes 25 editorials from newspapers Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo, and it shows that the minimal SegTs in the editorials are organized according with a single principle, that involves the potentially recursive combination of two units of intratopic organization - position and support, which allows arguing the text is highly regular, founded in own constitutive properties.

摘要 本研究依托文本互动语法（Textual-Interactive Grammar）的理论框架，针对语言文本组织领域中一类基本成系统的语言单位的识别问题展开探讨。据此，本研究以21世纪圣保罗州报纸社论为语料，对其中的话题组织（Topic Organization）展开调查，旨在验证两大命题：其一，作为话题组织组成部分的最小话题小节（Topic Segments，缩写SegTs），其内部结构是否属于具备系统性的组织过程，从而可依托通用组织规则进行描述；其二，该组织过程是否本质上为可变过程。本研究采用基于话语话题范畴开展文本分析的话题分析方法，对《圣保罗页报》（Folha de S. Paulo）与《圣保罗州报》（O Estado de S. Paulo）的25篇社论进行分析。研究结果表明，社论中的最小话题小节遵循单一组织原则：即话题内部组织的两类单位——位置项与支撑项的潜在递归组合。该原则可佐证文本具备高度规律性，且其规律性根植于文本自身的构成属性。