巴西在中国的形象：网络话语在表现他者性中的作用

Abstract:The interaction between China and Brazil is increasing dramatically in economic but also in cultural levels. China，for example，is currently Brazil’s largest trading partner. Therefore，it is very significant to understand how these two countries are dealing with this intense contact. In order to contribute to the investigation of this relation，our work analyzes the role of the web-discourse in the construction of the image of Brazil in the largest portal in China：sina.com. In order to carry out this research，we adopt the theory of interactional sociolinguistics that considers language as the place for the world construction. Specifically，we focus on the discursive elaboration of social identities. In terms of methodology，we applied a qualitative analysis to study news published in sina.com in April 2013，which has “Brazil” as the main content. The news was classified in 10 categories，including economy，society，sports，politics，militarism，culture，entertainment，technology and nature/tourism. The results indicate that the image of Brazil on this site is mainly related to economy，social problems and sports.

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