Bakhtin’s Theory of Language From the Standpoint of Modern Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12977996 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vyacheslav V Ivanov (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 245-265 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Russian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1940-9427 • E-ISSN: 1940-9419 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19409419.2008.10756715 |
| OpenAlex | W2006785828 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
The article studies the relevance of Bakhtin’s theory of language and discourse for modern science. Special attention is given to his dialogue with Saussure, his insistence on the study of utterances and texts that should be broader than a strictly linguistic approach restricted by the scope of one sentence. That makes possible a completely new approach to the relation of linguistics and poetics; also of particular importance are Bakhtin’s views on the opposition of monoglossia and polyglossia. The article also looks at the new science of urban linguistics as manifest in Bakhtin’s remarks on the language of a city. Such parts of Bakhtin’s ideas as heteroglossia and theory of quotations, the dialogical principle in its relation to the difference of the direct speech and the indirect one (both in synchrony and from a diachronic point of view) as well as the role of a dialogical approach for the speech genres are also explored. It is shown how Bakhtin’s remarks on the importance of language for a world view and the foundation of onomastics have made him a predecessor of modern semantic studies. It is also shown how Bakhtin’s broadly conceptualized notions of “laughter culture” and of carnival lead to a new view on the parody of language. Finally, it is demonstrated how recent studies on the early stages of the linguistic theories have confirmed Bakhtinian view on the sacred word in its relation to a free word
Dialogical self · Epistemology · Heteroglossia · Linguistics · Philosophy of language · Poetics · Relation (database · Sociology · Computer Science · Linguistics and Education Research · Literature, Culture, and Criticism · Philosophy · Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2017 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |