DIGITAL IMPOLITENESS

→ 🔗 OLIVEIRA, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto; MIRANDA, Monique. The impoliteness metadiscourse about a public apology. Pragmatics: Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), [S. l.], v. 0, 5 jun. 2025. Disponível em: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5285717

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💭The article analyzes users’ reactions on X/Twitter to Nelson Piquet’s public apology after he used the term “neguinho/nigger” to refer to Lewis Hamilton. It identifies online shaming processes aimed at exposing Piquet’s behavior and highlights how public discourse and impoliteness metadiscourse manifest on social media.

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​​​→ 🔗 OLIVEIRA, A. L. A. M; Reciprocity and epistemicity on screen-based interactions: the case of MOOCs. PRAGMATICS AND SOCIETY, v. 1, p. 21-21, 2025. Disponível em: https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ps.23143.oli. 

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💭The article investigates how (im)polite reciprocity influences knowledge exchange in online interactions. The analysis of students’ responses in a MOOC shows that epistemic reciprocity guides the negotiation of agency in disputes and that the creation of new content fosters both knowledge sharing and social acceptance in virtual communities.

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→ 🔗 OLIVEIRA, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto. Twitter impoliteness metadiscourse and the political domain. Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada, Campinas, v. 64, e025023, 2025. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1590/01031813v64120258673828.

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💭 The study analyzes reactions on Twitter to insults made by political leaders (former presidents Biden and Duterte) and identifies the legitimation of impolite behavior as forms of counter-impoliteness. Users’ responses, marked by insults, provocations, and humor, suggest a possible normalization of offensive language in the online political sphere.

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​​​→ 🔗 OLIVEIRA, A. L. A. M; MIRANDA, M. V; DRINÓCZI, T; CUNHA, G. X. As novas fronteiras do dizível: a linguagem impolida contra figuras femininas das esferas política e judiciária. TEXTO LIVRE, v. 18, p. e5811, 2025. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-3652.2025.58111.

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💭 The article analyzes digital impoliteness directed at Brazilian political and judicial figures. Based on three cases (Congresswomen Sâmia Bomfim and Erika Hilton, and judge Cármen Lúcia), it shows that gendered offenses in online environments reinforce cycles of attack and weaken public debate, contributing to the discursive erosion of democracy.

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​​​→ 🔗 OLIVEIRA, A. L. A. M.; MIRANDA, M. V. Metadiscurso de impolidez como recurso analítico. Revista de Estudos da Linguagem, v. 32, p. 479-498, 2024. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/relin/article/view/56121. 

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💭 This article analyzes users’ reactions to the verbal behavior of candidates in the Brazilian presidential debate of 10/28/22, characterizing them as impoliteness metadiscourse. Data drawn from the most frequent hashtags show that users evaluated the candidates negatively and responded with impoliteness. The study also suggests attempts to publicly shame political and other figures, indicating the normalization of impolite language, including profanity and negative remarks, typical of digital environments.

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→ 🔗 OLIVEIRA, Ana Larissa Adorno Marciotto; CUNHA, Gustavo Ximenes. Relações epistêmicas e impolidez linguística em comentários do Twitter/X sobre um debate presidencial. Linguagem Em (Dis)curso (Online), v. 24, p. e-1982-4017-24-, 2024. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4017-24-30

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💭 The article examines Twitter/X users’ reactions to Brazil’s 2022 presidential debate, combining the Principle of Epistemic Reciprocity with Conversation Analysis. Based on 2,522 tweets, it shows that challenging questions shaped evaluative stances, while users defended their epistemic territory through impoliteness, using hashtags to reinforce the debate’s transactional nature.

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→  🔗 OLIVEIRA, A. L. A. M; CUNHA, G. X; MIRANDA, M. V. A categorização referencial como recurso de impolidez no Twitter/X. Revista do GELNE, v. 6, p. p. e36464, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21680/1517-7874.2024v26n2ID36464

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💭 The study examines referential categorization as a linguistic impoliteness strategy on Twitter/X during Brazil’s 2022 elections. Focusing on insults toward political figures, it identifies four main categories: historical or media-based epithets, innovative terms, moral or honesty attacks, and insults to candidates’ psychological stability.

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→ 🔗 OLIVEIRA, ANA LARISSA; DRINÓCZI, TÍMEA; MIRANDA, MONIQUE. Far-right discourse in Brazil. Journal of Language and Politics, v. 1, p. N 1569-9862, 2024. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.23120.oli

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💭 The study analyzes hashtags and posts used in replies to the Brazilian Supreme Court’s Twitter/X account between October 2021 and October 2022. The research revealed that 94.9% of the hashtags employed impolite language, often combined with lies and manipulation, to attack the judiciary, defame opponents, and attract followers. The analysis confirms that online verbal attacks on the Supreme Court were a common practice, especially among far-right leaders.​