É A LÍNGUA QUE NOS CRIA: sujeito simbólico, Benveniste, Foucault, Althusser, Butler, funcionalismo

Our goal in this video is to show that the speaker does not exist without language. In other words, between the speaker and language, the first thing that comes into being is language. The speaker comes later, as a creator, as a product that is born of language. This is the current perspective of language studies. When we come into the world, language already exists; it is already there waiting for us to give us an identity, to teach us what life is, to constitute us as subjects. This is how we see the evolution of the concept of language throughout history; a concept based on the idea of ​​linguistic functionalism, in which we see language as an instrument that we use to perform certain functions, from the most obvious, most intuitive, to the most complex, most sophisticated. To facilitate understanding, we will divide the evolution of functionalism into four levels, from the most basic to the highest. Level one. We see language in an abstract way, a form separated from reality, as if language were merely a representation of the world, functioning as a static mirror, with the sole function of reflecting the world. Level two. We see language as a dynamic instrument, which goes beyond a simple representation of external reality to become an internal instrument, a means of communication that we use to express the thoughts and feelings that are within us. Level three. We do not see language as a means of communication, but as a means of action, an instrument to act in the world, while we interact with people, whether to encourage... or even to hinder. We have a video about this. Link below so you can watch it later if you want. Level four. It is at this level that we see language exercising its most sophisticated function. We do not see language only as a representation, only as a means of communication or only as an instrument of action. We see language as a resource to constitute us as subjects, as people, as the people that we are. That is what we are going to see today. CHANNEL LINK: For more videos, visit my channel:    / @epifanias-em-la   LINK CITED IN THE VIDEO (What is functionalism):    • O que é funcionalismo: formalismo, estrutu...   HOW TO REFERENCE A CHANNEL VIDEO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ABNT STANDARDS: AUTHOR. Video title: subtitle (if any). YouTube, publication date. Duration. Available at: video link. Accessed on: access date. EXAMPLE: LEFFA, Vilson. Being a Polyglot: Advantages and disadvantages, polyglotism, international language, lingua franca. YouTube, June 24, 2024. 9min50s. Available at: (video link). Accessed on: January 15, 2025. HOW TO CITE WITHIN THE TEXT: Leffa (2024) argues that... Some authors disagree (LEFFA, 2024) KEYWORDS: Vilson Leffa, class, ELA project, method, teaching, pedagogy, language, linguistics, language teaching, approach, what is language teaching, what is post-method, post-method approach, method or approach, grammar and translation method, direct method, reading method, communicative approach, audiolingual method, communicative approach, instrumental, silent method, total physical response, lexical approach, natural approach, task-based learning, classroom, autonomy, best method, transgressive teacher, learning theories, macrostrategies, context, interaction, linguistic awareness, intuitive heuristics, linguistic input, linguistic skills, social relevance, cultural awareness, emancipation, emancipated, induction, deduction. NERD DATA: Recording: S22 Ultra cell phone, Blue Yeti microphone, 3 side spotlights, on the right, on the ceiling, 1 softbox 45 degrees to the right, a spotlight at table height, on the left.