The contradiction as a constitutive problem of the language: the resonances between Ducrot and Bakhtin

This paper seeks to problematize the contradiction as constitutive sense of the language, from the studies developed by Ducrot (1987) and Bakhtin/Voloshinov (2006). We asked ourselves to what extent it would be possible to control the clarity of expression of ideas, and how you can delete any problem that risks a logical and coherent organization of saying. In the case of this work, we want to ask which place the contradiction takes on as well as the relation that it establishes with the coherence and incoherence. From the analysis of sustained statements in concepts of the Argumentation Theory and the Polyphony, from the authors mentioned before, it was possible to establish a contrastive relation between the two perspectives of analysis, bearing in mind the proposed question. What allowed us to say the discourse’s senses cannot be limited to the materiality of the language and a methodology of textual logic does not account for countless possibilities of organizing a text – it is necessary to involve other forms of analysis, in a study that takes advantage of the internal structures as contribution of external determinants than mean jointly.  

Reflections on the criterion of (in)dependence within clause integration

This article, based on theoretical and bibliographic assumptions, aims to discuss the concept of syntactic and semantic (in)dependence  with respect to the canonical processes of subordination and coordination. It is commonly stated that the coordinate clauses are independent and the subordinate ones are dependent. This correlation, however, has received criticism over time, especially in modern works. After all, it is not always clear whether the (in)dependence is of semantic or syntactic basis. In addition, there are borderline cases in which it is not possible to clearly define if a structure has all the features of a subordinate or coordinate construction. The proposal developed by Usage-Based Functional Linguistics resizes the criterion of (in)dependence, comparing it with the embedding in a scalar and gradient proposal. Based on the theory of prototypes, the Usage-Based Functional Linguistics presents a descriptive alternative to the question of (in)dependence, more faithful to the effective use of language, as it becomes evident in the researches carried out by Brazilian and foreign authors.

Entre a Oficialização e a Desoficialização do Ensino de Espanhol no Brasil: Apontamentos e Implicações da Experiência Amapaense

Historicamente, o espanhol sempre esteve à margem das políticas de ensino de línguas no Brasil. Entretanto, nos últimos quatorze anos, vivenciamos dois processos que mudaram os rumos do ensino de línguas, a oficialização e a desoficialização do ensino do espanhol na educação básica. Dessa forma, nosso objetivo é discutir a(s) política(s) linguística(s) que levaram à oficialização e desoficialização do ensino do espanhol, bem como compreender, a exemplo do Amapá, como se deu a implementação do ensino desta língua nas escolas da rede pública. Para tanto, valemo-nos de discussões teóricas de autores como Paraquett (2014, 2009), Rajagopalan (2016, 2014) e Lagares (2013). Assim, a partir dos dados que dispomos, é possível observar que a a falta de clareza da regulamentação estadual refletiu em uma dúbia interpretação pelas escolas da rede pública, o que possibilitou que o ensino do espanhol fosse utilizado inclusive para preenchimento de lacunas de horários. Além disso, cumprimento das políticas linguísticas está acima da preocupação com o processo de ensino-aprendizagem, uma vez que a formação de professores também deveria fazer parte planejamento linguístico.