Abstract

CARVALHO, Mónica. Intertextuality in the Law for the Control of Major-Accidents Involving Dangerous Substances in Portugal. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais [online]. 2019, n.119, pp.51-74. ISSN 2182-7435.  https://doi.org/10.4000/rccs.9028.

By means of Critical Discourse Analysis, the transposition of the Seveso III Directive into Portuguese legislation will be examined through an intertextual analysis, in which the most expressive instances of its discursive intertextuality and re-contextualization will be discussed. Intertextuality, defined as how a text uses elements and discourses from earlier texts, allows us to examine both the reproduction of discourses, when no new elements are introduced, and the discursive changes through new textual combinations. Among the main texts identified, those belonging to the technical and economic domain of corporate management are the main normative reference of the legislation. The analysis argues how these external texts, which have their own normative role in their field of origin, by means of re-contextualization they also increase their value as legislation, according to European Union norms and the laws of each Member State.

Keywords : chemical accidents; Critical Discourse Analysis; international directives; intertextuality; prevention of risks.

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