A construção da significância em letras de canções

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a discussion about how to build significance in the discourse. For such, a historic panorama on the semantic studies will be presented. The panorama shows the distinct points of view that are used by different linguists to think about the language. Afterward, the concepts of the linguistic sign and the linguistic value will be discussed in a Saussurean perspective. These concepts will be related to those of sense approached by Émile Benveniste. Following, we will examine how these concepts contribute to the study of meaning and thus contribute to a different perception concerning the authors presented in the first chapter. It is noticeable that for Benveniste, each sign has a system that can be changed depending on the discourse it is inserted. Thus, according to Benveniste, each time a sign is inserted into discourse; it acquires a new value, unique and unrepeatable. Later, Henri Meschonnic, which studies are mentioned by Dessons (2006) and Neumann (2014), (2016) and (2017), will suggest that a system is built in every discourse, adding that the significance is this value within the discourse system. In the end, we will analyze five songs by meaning and form together, a matter greatly discussed by Émile Benveniste. Besides that, the analyzes present the production of significance, exposing how the meanings of discourses are uniquely and singularly constructed in each song, through an analysis that considers the syntagmatic and paradigmatic of each discourse system, observing, for example, prosodic echoes, rhymes, and repetitions.