Enunciation perspective and ergology: A possible dialogue
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https://doi.org/10.4013/edu.2009.133.4954Abstract
This article proposes that elements of the enunciative perspective of Emile Benveniste language studies can be theoretically related to Ergology (Schwartz, 2000) in researching the work activity. Ergology is interested in the work as an activity carried out effectively by individuals, understanding the term “activity” as a dialectic between two dimensions of human activities that are connected at work: saying and doing. From the enunciative perspective the talking subject uses the formal base system of the language in a particular way. The subject, therefore, re-normalizes the language norms or rules. It is argued that both theoretical fields do not focus only on regularities but they are especially concerned with the effects of the singular intervention of the individual in relation to language/work activity. An analysis of the verbalization in the work activity is presented in order to illustrate the theoretical argument developed.
Key words: ergology, enunciation, work activity, singularity, norm, renormalization.Downloads
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