In this paper, based upon Critical Discourse Analysis I analyze the text "Abandono no Lago Norte - Casa que pertence ao Ibama virou ponto de drogas e abrigo para moradores de rua", published in January 2011 in "Caderno Brasília", a newspaper distributed for free in hundreds of spots in Brasilia. The analyzed text discusses the abandonment of a public property and its consequences for the neighborhood, with reference to the "homeless". Taking this analytical object, I proceed to the analysis of the representation of social actors, specifically the group classified as "homeless" in the text. I also analyze the representation of this group in the Transitivity System. Analyses show that the street situation, a serious contemporary social problem, is naturalized in the representation of the event in focus in the text.
Critical Discourse Analysis; Representation; Transitivity; Naturalization; Street situation
