Critical Discourse Analysis and Lexical Semantics:

an interdisciplinary interpreting of the US and China defense white papers

Authors

  • Karina Coelho Pires Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
  • Rafaela Araújo Jordão Rigaud Peixoto University of Sao Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2317-773X.2022v10n2p96-117

Keywords:

Identity, Defense Studies, Critical Discourse Analysis

Abstract

There have been new facets of multilateralism, which have motivated the realignment of traditional power relations established globally, especially regarding the United States and China. This new strategic environment can be observed in changes made to the Brazilian National Defense White Paper (LBDN) of 2020, as well as in the dialectic between white papers of the United States (2017), and China (2019). To investigate these realignments and their possible impacts on the Brazilian defense sector, the analysis was carried out in two phases: (1) analysis of the general characteristics of the Defense White Papers by the USA and China; and (2) comparison of discourses conveyed in chapters on international cooperation in each Defense White Paper. Speech patterns were analyzed according to rationales of Lexical Semantics and Critical Discourse Analysis. As a result, elements of semantic fields, intertextuality and modality in discourse were pointed out as parameters that could contribute to the evaluation of cooperation and deterrence/dissuasion actions to be adopted by the USA and China in the 21st century.

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Author Biographies

Karina Coelho Pires, Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo

PhD in Portuguese Language from the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo (PUC-SP). Professor at the Air
Force University (UNIFA). E-mail: karinacoelhopires@ gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1445-4885

Rafaela Araújo Jordão Rigaud Peixoto, University of Sao Paulo

Postdoctoral Researcher in Corpus Linguistics at the University of Sao Paulo (USP), and PhD in Language Studies from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Researcher and Translator at the Department of Airspace Control (DECEA), and Professor at the Air Force University (UNIFA). E-mail: rafaela.peixoto@gmail.com.

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2023-01-09

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Pires, K. C., & Peixoto, R. A. J. R. . (2023). Critical Discourse Analysis and Lexical Semantics: : an interdisciplinary interpreting of the US and China defense white papers. Estudos Internacionais: International Relations Journal of PUC Minas, 10(2), 96–117. https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2317-773X.2022v10n2p96-117

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2022): ESTUDOS INTERNACIONAIS - JULHO

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