O Círculo de Bakhtin e a Linguística Aplicada

this article aims at presenting the relations between the theoretical formulations of the bakhtin circle and the current discussion on the scope of the so called applied linguistics (al). in order to do that, we will briefly outline the history of al, present the main conceptions of the bakhtin circle's thought, and build possible dialogues between the theoretical formulations of the russian thinkers and the main issues of the current debate in applied linguistics.