THE PRODUCTIVE PROCESS OF A DISCOURSE

Abstract

To produce a discourse is not nearly the same as to create a textual document by assembling freely available units of language expecting that those elements will only fall into place by themselves. On the contrary, it has a great deal more to do with the coming into play of real sociocultural elements. But, these elements alone, without the involvement of both the discourse-producer (the writer) and the discourse-consumer (or the reader), will just not suffice it. The present study, therefore, aims to show that a lively dialectic between the sociocultural contexts and the above social actors or discursive participants is really required because, without it, no discourse or its meaning can ever materialize.