Discursive choices in texts on the expansion of indigenous lands in the urban perimeter of Dourados

Sumario: In this work, the result of a research of Scientific Initiation, we are goingto present the collected corpus and some reflections on the main objective of the investigation, that is to say, to analyze how discursive choices, in texts published by newspapers of Dourados in the online version, mark the representation of the indigenous in relation to the non-indigenous, with emphasis on the choice of themes and figures.For this, we resort to the theoretical contribution of French semiotics. The corpus consisted of texts published between January 2016 and April 2017 in four main Dourados news portals: Dourados Agora, Dourados News, O Progresso and Diário MS. In this article, we present the analyses of texts that deal with land tenure in the urban perimeter of Dourados. We find that the selection of themes and figures, imagery texts and the use of the words «invasion» and / or «occupation» reveal the position of the enunciators in relation to the facts narrated. The tension / conflict climate is emphasized.