The child between spoken and written: acquisition of language and the use of language

Abstract

The roundtable reviewed here deals with children and the use of language, more specifically with speech, writing and their relations in language acquisition. Each of the three participants approaches this theme based on their own theoretical perspective: a linguistic-discursive approach (Lourenço Chacon), a linguistic-enunciative approach (Marlete Sandra Diedrich) and a linguistic-functionalist approach (Gabriela Maria de Oliveira-Codinhoto). Given the unique path that each participant takes to reflect on the subject, there is, in all researches, a theoretical and methodological commitment to the study of language acquisition. Such a commitment is proven at the time of data analysis and discussion, which configures each of the works presented as a relevant contribution to the studies on the use of language in the constitution of the child as a speaker and as a writer.