The constitution of subjects in the speech pathology therapy group: identity and subjectivity on the speech pathology clinic universe

Abstract

Concepts like “identity” and “ subjectivity” take construction for granted in the interactive universe of language, which means that they take construction for granted in the universe of the production of linguistic-social meanings. The case analyzed here was, during one year, in a therapeutic-speech pathology group that was held weekly for 10 months, in one-hour sessions. The group was composed by the therapist and five children (three boys and two girls) from 7 to 11 years old. In methodological terms it was assumed that the object of the study is the language in activity and the relation between the subject and the language. It us emphasized the importance of the language in the construction of the subject’s identity and the role of the speech pathology clinic in the reconstruction of the relation between the person who has “communication problems” and the language of the community in which he/she is inserted and, therefore, the relation between he/she and that community.