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- Dogwhistles, implicaturas conversacionais e atos de falaPublication . Squizzato, Fernando Luiz; Santos, PedroThis thesis analyzes the phenomenon of dogwhistles and how they relate to central pragmatic notions such as speech acts and conversational implicatures,since this communicative phenomenon of enormous current relevance (among others, such as hate speech, for example) can be analysed by means of these pragmatic tools. We will also assume here, to a certain extent, the role that dogwhistles play and the implications they have in the social sphere. Dogwhistles, which constitute a form of implicit communication, are conveyed by utterances that allow for dual interpretations, reaching both specific and general audiences differently with their veiled messages. This study looks at the phenomenon in various relevant communicative contexts – from entertainment to socio-politics. Such contexts (some canonical and some not) form the basis of provide the basis for examples of the phenomenon to be analyzed in the present work. By using pragmatic explanatory strategies based on the concepts mentioned above, we seek to investigate which of these mechanisms dogwhistles may be operating under, either in their intentional or unintentional variants. We emphasise the need to bear in mind that dogwhistles are strongly dependent on pre-existing social and racial resentments in order to manipulate public perception and behavior, while reinforcing social hierarchies and negative ideologies of a divisive nature. In closing, through the help of the analytic tools mentioned above, accompanied by a brief reflection on the ethical and social significance of this form of manipulative discourse, we point to the need for greater awareness of the practices that involve the use of dogwhistles in order to mitigate their potentially harmful impact.