The discourse representation from the fellowship at Jaguarão/Rio Branco border

Abstract

Historically, the border region Brazil/Uruguay was marked by strong conflicts between Portuguese and Spanish folks, who fought by the territory occupation. These conflicts divided territorially and culturally the two Iberian folks involved. From this dispute scenery, lived in XVIII and XIX centuries, this research gets outlines in terms of the presumed fellowship relation lived by the current people who live in Jaguarão/Rio Branco border. The study was done in Jaguarão, located in the south of Rio Grande do Sul, which has the border with Rio Branco town, in Uruguay. Due to the geographical and cultural closeness between these two border areas, this research examines the fellowship representation in the Jaguarense voice related to the Rio-branquense. The kind of this study, interdisciplinary form, is qualitative based and it was elaborated by depth interviews, with two male people. The interviews were done based on Gaskell and Bauer (2002) assumptions, and the material used in the investigation was reviewed by the identity studies and based on the Bakhtin perspective and his Circle, especially in the following areas, constituent of the language: linguistic multilingualism, responsive comprehension and value accent. Along with the theoretical support help, it was verified that the voices from the researched people engage in a dialogue with other voices, and the difference and integration interrelation constantly reconstruct their identities, support and enquire the fellowship discourse.