Sujet parlant-pensant-interprétant : construction identitaire et positionnement dans le discours

Abstract

This paper explores the notion of identiteme in the light of the interpretative dimension of the thinking and speaking subject. From the core of discourse, the subject weaves an identity web being both supported and challenged by his heterogeneity which is mainly revealed in public (media) discourse, provided he assumes his role as the addressee of messages. It is through interpretation that he draws on his linguistic and socio-cultural memory and that he engages in the game of identiteme, which in turn becomes heterogeneous. Produced by the so-called proto-social addresser - which manifests itself only marginally in discourse - identitemes pass through the apparent speaking subject, before reproducing their "I" and their "game" in the identification of the interpreting subject (heterogeneous speaker). This leads to reflect on how this identification could be altered in the bi- or multilingual speaker.