Open AccessO Papel da Atividade Discursiva no Exercício do Controle Social
Author(s) -
Luiz Antônio Marcuschi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
cadernos de linguagem e sociedade
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2179-4790
pISSN - 0104-9712
DOI - 10.26512/les.v7i0.9697
Subject(s) - situated , creativity , function (biology) , social control , power (physics) , control (management) , social function , sociology , humanities , psychology , social psychology , art , computer science , social science , biology , physics , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , artificial intelligence
This article proposes that genres function as an integral part of socially organized activities and lend themselves to various types of social control, including the exercise of power. However, if the control exercised by genres is inevitable, it is not deterministic, since genres are historical, cultural and situated. Therefore, there remains space both for genre creativity and change as entities that are malleable, flexible and fit for discursive activity in daily life.