Questão 67276 de Língua Inglesa - PERFIL 2025

Questão

ID 67276

Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

Assuntos: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation, Política Internacional / Relação entre Países

Ano: 2025 Banca: PERFIL - ENADE Órgão: Quarto Simulado Pnd

A university professor is teaching a course on 'The Geopolitics of Language' to students of international relations. The class is discussing the role of language in international diplomacy and so-called 'soft power'. The professor wants to illustrate how the choice of language, and the way it is used, can have significant geopolitical implications. She decides to use the example of the public statements made by the World Health Organization (WHO) during the early stages of a global pandemic. She presents two fictionalized, but plausible, versions of a WHO statement:

Statement A: 'The new virus that emerged in country X is extremely dangerous and poses a grave threat to global health.'

Statement B: 'The WHO is collaborating with international partners to investigate a new virus of unknown origin. We urge all nations to enhance surveillance and to share data transparently to manage this potential global health challenge.'

The professor uses a framework from critical discourse analysis that highlights the geopolitical function of language. The framework posits: 'In diplomacy, language is never neutral. It is a tool for managing international relations, mitigating conflict, and building consensus. The choice between a discourse of alarm and blame versus a discourse of caution and collaboration can have profound effects on global cooperation and on the political and economic standing of nations.'

Which of the following statements provides the most accurate geopolitical analysis of the two statements?

Alternativa A:
Statement A is better because it is more direct and truthful, and the role of an international organization is to state the facts clearly, regardless of the political consequences.
Alternativa B:
Statement B is a clear example of 'bureaucratic jargon' that is intentionally obscure and meaningless, and therefore less effective than the directness of Statement A.
Alternativa C:
Statement A, by naming a specific country ('country X'), risks stigmatizing that nation and could provoke a defensive, uncooperative response, thus hindering the global effort. This is a discourse of blame.
Alternativa D:
Statement B uses a discourse of international collaboration and neutrality ('international partners', 'unknown origin', 'global challenge'). This language is strategically chosen to avoid assigning blame, to encourage cooperation from all nations (including the one where the virus may have emerged), and to position the WHO as a neutral, coordinating body. This is a classic example of diplomatic language designed to achieve a specific geopolitical outcome.
Alternativa E:
Both statements are essentially the same, as they both communicate that there is a new, dangerous virus, and the linguistic differences are merely stylistic and have no real-world impact.

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