Cena do jogo Só perguntas em É tudo improviso : análise com base na teoria da relevância

We off er in this article a relevance-theoretic analysis (Sperber & Wilson, 1986, 1995) of a scene of the game So perguntas (Questions only) of the TV Show E Tudo Improviso (It’s all Improvisation). In this theatre game, actors must develop a theme with successive questions, demanding the actors to avoid providing relevant answers by acceptance/rejection of the propositional logical form of the opponent’s yes-no question, or by complementation of the non-propositional logical form of the opponent’s whquestion. In this scene, the theme of the game — “tie” — moves from CLOTHING to FIGHT, when Cesar Gouvea proposes a fi ght and Marco Goncalves questions the ability of his opponent. A duel follows, and Marco Goncalves fi nds a winning strategy. He launches successive wh-questions until Cesar Gouvea ends up, providing the relevant answer.