The anaphora encapsulation and their role in meaning construction

The objective of this article is to discuss the discursive textual use of encapsulating anaphoras in the light of sociodiscursive and sociointerational aspects, thus broadening the understanding of the role of this element. We present a theoretical panorama of the reference studies, considered as a sociocognitive process of sense construction, following the current studies of Text Linguistics, as already pointed out by Mondada and Dubois (2003), Cavalcante (2011), Santos e Cavalcante (2014), among other authors. The present work, therefore, focuses on the textual-discursive character of the encapsulator. Sports news will be analyzed, showing how the anaphora encapsulation act in the construction of the text, marking points of view and constructing meanings, beyond the traditional classification of this processe.