Two different texts on the same subject

Abstract

This research analyses the speeches exchanged between the thesis defender and the examining oral board in post-graduation at Brazilian universities mainly to achieve a doctor's degree. Such research treats, more specifically, the pragmatic dimension of the language.

This research develops three points: firstly, it relates the pragmatic power of the speech; secondly, its relationship with the ritual aspect of these speeches, and, at last, its relationship with the linking process directly between the board and the applicant before the audience.