Ús lingüístic, legitimitat i discurs: consideracions weberianes

• Main Author: Guillem Calaforra
• Format: Article
• Language: Catalan
• Published: Institut Interuniversitari de Filologia Valenciana (IIFV); Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat (PAM) 2014-10-01
• Series: Caplletra: Revista Internacional de Filologia
• Subjects: legitimitat; discurs; Paradigma de la definició social
• Online Access: https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/caplletra/article/view/4889

The “psychosociological turn” of the sociology of language entails a new attention paid to the role of agency in language use. But this new approach can be coherent and complete only by taking into account the historical and political circumstances of language use, as well as the whole set of factors determining the processes by which social meanings are created and distributed. On the basis of the Weberian concept of legitimacy, this paper tries to outline the characteristics of the relationship between social discourses and the patterns of language use. It ends with some reflections on the utility and the difficulties of using critical discourse analysis in order to understand the symbolic side of language use.