http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/3 language perspectives Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/3/comment-page-1#comment-11259 * Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:42:28 +0000 http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/3#comment-11259 wooow we? as if it soo simple wooow we? as if it soo simple

]]> http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/3/comment-page-1#comment-57 Melissa Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:14:03 +0000 http://nonstandardtransmissions.com/blog/posts/3#comment-57 A quote to consider, from Bakhtin: “Still current in linguistics are such fictions as the “listener” and “understander” (partners of the “speaker”), the “unified speech flow,” and so on. These fictions produce a completely distorted idea of the complex and multifaceted process of active speech communication. . . . The fact is that when the listener perceives and understands the meaning (the language meaning) of speech, he simultaneously takes as active, responsive attitude toward it.” (The Problem of Speech Genres, p. 68) A quote to consider, from Bakhtin:
“Still current in linguistics are such fictions as the “listener” and “understander” (partners of the “speaker”), the “unified speech flow,” and so on. These fictions produce a completely distorted idea of the complex and multifaceted process of active speech communication. . . . The fact is that when the listener perceives and understands the meaning (the language meaning) of speech, he simultaneously takes as active, responsive attitude toward it.” (The Problem of Speech Genres, p. 68)

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