"Gosto de si": formas de tratamento na obra de Adília Lopes

In Adília Lopes’ poetry, it is possible to notice how forms of address in European Portuguese are varied and carry different linguistic values, confirming the complexity that has been underlined by numerous works, from Luís F. Lindley Cintra to Sandi Michele de Oliveira. In this research, I intend to investigate how forms of address contribute to the authorial construction of this Portuguese poet, not only by using distinct pronouns regarding her own figure but also by displaying variations on her name. In this sense, I analyse the forms of address used in many texts of Adília’s poetic work in which several figures, identified or not, mention the author or address her in direct speech. I suggest that this creative use of multiple forms of address deepens the autobiographical and linguistic research of Adília’s work, at the same time it reveals the need for the discourse of others in the definition of her own authorial identity.