Globalization has imposed on the modern subjects a process of ongoing transformation when it comes to social relationships. As a result, such a burden has affected their identity. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the de-centering of identity, a common “modern subject” characteristic. In this article, the lexical choices used to refer to subjects are analized. These lexical choices appear in the speech of a migrant who comes from the countryside to live in the city of Joinville. Under the aegis of the Discourse Analysis (DA), of French influence, the study focuses on identifying the linguistic marks on the identity shift of the countryman who is inserted in an urban context, as well as his experience of de-centering. The results of this research suggest the appearance of split subjects who are marked by the fluidity in the way they refer to themselves, for example, when they map out their life experiences in the city and in the countryside. This aspect of their identity can be understood as a trait of the consequences of modernity on the subjects' identity.
Author Biographies
Luci Schmoeller, UFSC / UDESC
Doutoranda em Educação (UDESC), mestre em linguistica (UFSC), professora de língua portuguesa.
Sandro Braga, UFSC
Doutor em Linguística pela UFSC, Professor do Departamento de Língua e Literaturas Vernáculas e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística da UFSC.
