Discovering language: the relationship between speech and writing in the process of language acquisition.

Abstract

The Brazilian Linguistics Association (ABRALIN) promoted a series of on-line roundtables during the pandemic time in 2020. The aim of this paper is to present a review of the Children and the use of language: speech, writing and its relation to language acquisition roundtable, which emphasized the use of language by children as speakers and writers. Initially, Professor Lourenço Chacon presented unconventional data on children's writing in order to observe the relationships between speech/orality and writing/literacy. Then, Professor Marlete Diedrich explored language acquisition as an experience of meaning from an enunciative perspective, based on the postulates of Benveniste (2005). Finally, Professor Gabriela Maria de Oliveira-Codinhoto presented a functionalist proposal for children's texts with an emphasis on the frequency of use of relative clauses in textual productions.

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