A VERSION OF REALITY: THE PERCEPTION OF DISCOURSE IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF REALITY
Carlos Alberto Aldana-Sanchez caaldana@msn.com Publicado en Capital Letter No. 6 Noviembre de 2004 "Life is a constant flow of discourse of language functioning in one of the many contexts that together make up a culture." McCarthy, Matthiesen and Slade(1) A couple of months ago I was thinking about an idea that is commonly taught in linguistics courses but that sometimes is not clearly explained to the students -considering our own perception of reality as Colombians-. Undoubtedly, an idea which has deep philosophical connotations. I am talking about the concept of discourse as reality. It has been said that discourses constitute elements of real life, omnipresent ways of knowing, valuing and experiencing the world 2 It has been said also, that discourses can be used for the assertion of power and knowledge and for purposes of resistance and critique. Some thinkers even affirm that many texts have purposes of regulation, social control, development of power ...

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