摘要：Considering the discourse topic concept and its distribution into two axes, hierarchical and linear, this paper aims at analysing both the distribution of topic units at the linear axis and the usage of textual connectives in the Sixth narrative of Relações, by Heleno Godoy. Having this short story as my object of study, I propose that these categories can contribute to the construction of a discursive phenomenon, that is, the discursive ethos of its narrator.
