SILENCE AND THE REVERSE OF DISCOURSE: FROM WRITING TO SPEECH?

Abstract

French materialist Discourse Analysis, according to Michel Pêcheux (AD), is of great importance, because it goes beyond the mere interpretation of words or phrases, that is, it is a theoretical and methodological approach that examines language and discourses in their social, political and cultural contexts. It is known that speaking and writing in the classroom are two essential forms of communication and expression that play complementary roles in the teaching-learning process. Thus, in the educational dynamics, this work aims to analyze the silence and the reverse of discourse in speech and writing. The type of research is analytical, with a qualitative methodology, with the DA method and the corpus selected was "a case report", which is based on the understanding that discourse is a social and ideological practice, immersed in historical contexts and power relations, where silencing and the effect of meanings are intrinsically linked to power and ideology. In this sense, one comes to the conclusion that, while silencing limits the possible meanings that circulate socially, the effect of meanings shapes how these meanings are perceived, interpreted and reproduced by the subjects. These discursive strategies reveal the power that language has to sustain or challenge ideological structures, evidencing the complexity of discourse as a space for struggle and negotiation of meanings.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2025.001-028