Enunciation-Writing-Literacy Process: about otherness in the language

Abstract

This text, based on Émile Benveniste and Mikhail Bakhtin linguistic theories of enunciation, discusses the elements involved in the production of subjectivity and singularity of language. For this purpose, writing in the first school years was taken as the subject of study. Regarding theoretical concepts, Benveniste is considered, when presenting on his thought system the principle of intersubjectivity, denying an egocentric view of the individual, that is, of an isolated being through his/her development. On the subjectivity of language, Benveniste says that putting the language to work defines the subjectivity and otherness on language. On the other hand, when Bakhtin presents the dialogism as a landmark concept, working with the notion of heterogeneity as a dialogue principle, involves the other in the individual constitution. In this work it is said that the concept of intersubjectivity crosses both theories, reason why it is called upon along the text to support the intention of learning to “look” children’s writing from a different perspective during the process of literacy in the ordinary school. The conclusion states that, when writing, the individual translates the meaning of the world to himself, built from experienced interactions, both inside and outside school.

Key words: enunciation, writing, literacy process.