Global Journal of Human Social Science, F: Political Science, Volume 23 Issue 6

© 2023. Patrícia Domínguez. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ 4.0/. The Discursive Construction of Republicanism through the Quotes of the President of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia after the 2017 Self- Determination Referendum. The Case of President Joaquim Torra I Pla By Patrícia Domínguez Universidade Nova de Lisboa Abstract- This paper addresses recourse to quotations as a polyphonic resource conveying a particular ideology. We argue that they serve to persuade audiences by eliciting an emotional response ( pathos ) that affects the transmission of ethos , both of the locutor (Maingueneau 2002b) and the community it claims to represent. By examining the quotes found on the President's official Twitter account and in his public speeches, we aim to identify the emotions that are semiotized by citations or "secondary aphorizations" (Maingueneau 2012). We later examine their intended persuasive impact on the target audience. In short, we conclude that "aphorizations" play a crucial role in the ideological construction of discourse in the political sphere. Keywords: aphorization, quotation, ideology, political opponent, opinion, represented discourse. GJHSS-F Classification: FOR Code: 1606 TheDiscursiveConstructionofRepublicanismthroughtheQuotesofthePresidentoftheAutonomousGovernmentofCataloniaafterthe2017SelfDeterminationR eferendumTheCaseofPresidentJoaquimTorraIPla Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: F Political Science Volume 23 Issue 6 Version 1.0 Year 2023 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: