Orality from a dialogical perspective:

reflections between the ideas of L. A. Marcuschi and the writings of the Circle

Abstract

In this paper, we support the statement that orality is a dialogical language practice that is oriented in/with/for the social interaction between subjects. This understanding is based on a linguistic-philosophical approach with a sociological and dialogical basis, defended in the writings of the Circle (Bakhtin, 2003 [1952-1953]), 2010 [1929]; Volochínov, 2013 [1928], 2013 [1930a], 2013 [1930b], 2017 [1929]; Medviédev, 2012 [1928]). From this orientation, we are interested in recovering the theoretical basis of L. A. Marcuschi (1991, 1997a, 1997b, 2001, 2004/05, 2005a, 2005b, 2007, 2008) for the study of orality from the perspective of establishing approximations between the ideas of this author with the ideas of the Circle's writings. Methodologically, this is a theoretical-analytical study, with didactic intentions, as we comprehend that understanding the linguistic-philosophical basis on which a proposal for teaching speaking is based is fundamental for making decisions when conducting this practice in the classroom. The results of this study show us that there are similarities between the ideas of L. A. Marcuschi and the ideas of the Circle, because when dealing with concepts such as language, utterance and textual genres, the author weaves in the sociological and dialogical understanding of language, adding, however, to these terms, other evaluative tones, with the aim of making them more understandable to the teaching context.