ENTRE MODAS E MODALIDADES DA LÍNGUA: o gênero conversa no Whatsapp

Dialogues using Whatsapp tool has been extensively practiced by people around the world, regardless of age and schooling. This study analyses the genre Whatsapp chat and aims to comprehend the nature of methods and meanings to students that took part in a postgraduate. It qualitative nature, with interpretative procedures, has been firstly a bibliographical survey about Whatsapp researchs. Having been identified a lack in relation to studies of the genre produced in this environment as well as of his place in teaching among others interactions tools, it originated this study. Following, it based on theorists who analyzed modalities of language, searching to comprehend the place of virtual in these modalities and his importance in a teaching environments. Starting from theoretical considerations, the conversation discourse in Whatsapp, produced by post-graduation students for six months. It was perceived recurrence of transpositions, compensation and peculiarities on this genre in relation to others, therefore, with his expanding ocurrence on different environments, it requires the typology’s study.