TOWARDS A CRITICISM OF THE NOTION OF DIFFERENCE: THE CASE OF LANGUAGE POLICY

• Autor(a) principal: SILVA, Fabio Lopes da
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: SEVERO, Cristine Gorski
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABRALIN (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.abralin.org/index.php/abralin/article/view/1362
• topic: Diferença; Diversidade; Saussure; Políticas Linguísticas; Difference. Diversity. Saussure. Language Policy; Difference; Diversity; Saussure; Language Policy

The text proposes a critique of the notion of difference - and diversity - in language policy by considering a revision of Saussure's reflections on the concept of language. We consider the following aspects: (i) the notion of difference as constitutive of Saussure’s concept of language; (ii) the (supposed) tension between homogeneity and heterogeneity inscribed in this concept; (iii) the impossibility of a pure object. With these in mind, we reflect on the notion of diversity in Sociolinguistics and and Language Policy, making reference to the genealogy of these disciplinary fields and their fascination with diversity. Finally, we question the origins of this fascination in dialogue both with the role of diachrony in the constitution of the Saussurian object, and some proper names that place us in contact with the Jewish question.