A subjetividade na atividade de trabalho de operadores de uma indústria petroquímica do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This research was motivated by occurring events of analytical passive forms not mentioning the performer, found in written shift break reports of workers in a petrochemical industry. Theoretical supports used are based on the theory of enunciation, by Émile Benveniste (1989, 2005) and Ergology, by Yves Schwartz (2000). Such dialogue has eventually led to an observation of the performer as an enigmatic being – the corps-soi – in working field. The intralinguistic analysis of occurring passive voice structures not mentioning the performer have shown to be ineffective to this research. Consequently, we trespass the description of linguistic fact in itself to reach a metassemantic concept – dimension proposed by Benveniste at The semiology of language. Moreover, two additional corpora were added: the man-to-man (oral) working shift break and the verbalization over the activity. From then on, what was apparently assumed as the total absence of the performer in written reports turned out to be read as forms of one´