Constitución y análisis de la interacción verbal

Abstract

Discourse as social activity in the context of interaction is structured on various levels or organization which are distinguishable and which suggest the elaboration of a differentiated model of analysis. The relevant contributions of various trends in sociolinguistics and programmatic are integrated into each level of the model.
This article elaborates the third level of the model. It analyzes first the manner in which verbal action is constituted; starting from the process of constitution and interpretation of social signification in the context of interaction; and it states second how these processes then lead to the elaboration of patterns of discourse.
Beginning with a brief survey of the relevant contributions from Ethnography of Communication (Hymes) and Speech Act Theory (Austin Searle; Wunderlich) the pattern of discourse is introduced as a basic unit of the model; lastly; the pattern “Asking-giving information about the way” is analyzed.