Abstract

GARCIA-DUSSAN, ÉDER. Oral discursive practices, dialects and social identity. Cuad. linguist. hisp. [online]. 2015, n.26, pp.49-74. ISSN 0121-053X.

This article explains a series of categories which are helpful in the description and analysis of gestural and corp-oral worlds, which can be employed in the development of a well-known sociolinguistic thesis: languages dwell in discursive practices and reflect socio cultural features of their speakers. Thus, identifying phenomena on any level of language enables a deeper comprehension of the features of a culture. This thesis is tested with two frequent examples in communication among Colombians, the pointing gesture and bodily behavior facing urban spaces. Conclusions are reached on two levels: (i) a theoretical one, which ratifies analysis of the levels of language as a vehicle for finding clues about social identity and (ii) a practice that reaffirms a local social quality: violent interaction among partners and the consequent impossibility of social harmony and peace, rooted in the image of man as strong, vigorous and brave.

Keywords : Language; prelinguistic level; oral discursive practice; kinesics; proxemics; gestural dialect; proxemic dialect; machismo culture.

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