On theory and method in enunciation semantics

Abstract

The objective of this text will be to present the constitution of what I have called the semantics of the event as a semantics of enunciation. The central course of the text will be, starting from the concept of enunciation space, which is decisive in this semantic configuration, dealing with methodological concepts such as the enunciative scene, and with descriptive concepts such as articulation and rewriting. In this way, it is expected to show the possible relationships and differences with domains such as pragmatics, for example. Theoretically, it is considered that the constitution of meaning is enunciative, produced by the political relations of the spaces of enunciation and the enunciative scene. It is under these conditions that we take the functioning of language, such as Benveniste, as what characterizes the enunciation, but we take this characteristic in the theoretical framework in which we move, thus treating the functioning as an assemblage produced by the event.