Abstract
The theoretical course of Labovian sociolinguistics Ts examined to verify whether tts assumptions are compatible to discourse analysis. As the basis of this critical review of quantitative paradigm, an analysis focussing on the passíive construction vs undertaken. The results obtained provide evidence of a distinction among determineã, implicit and indetermined agentive constituents, attesting differences between the way linguistic and discourse Levels operate.
In
D.E.L.T.A. : revista de documentação de estudos em lingüística teórica e aplicada. São Paulo, SP. Vol. 6, n. 1 (fev. 1990), p. 19-40
