Communis, Communicatio, Communicare
On the Meaning of Communication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6417326 |
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| Authors | Alain Gaudreault (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 639-667 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642 |
| Publisher | Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (PUBLISHER • CN) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cjc-2025-0059 |
| OpenAlex | W7114797421 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Background: Today’s society is perceived and interpreted through the global phenomenon of communication, which calls into question the foundations of meaning on which the semantics associated with the word communication are based. Analysis: An etymology of the word reveals, from its distant Indo-European origins to the construction of the neologism and its definitive spelling, the main semantic elements that are associated with the idea of communication. Conclusion and Implications: Although today it is increasingly associated with the function of transmission, the word through its journey shows that the idea of communication is a processual dynamic that has always been closely associated with a relational state of reciprocity, a state directly caused by the action of connection. The idea of communication is thus intrinsic to the character of what is social
Action (physics · Character (mathematics · Etymology · Meaning (existential · Neologism · Phenomenon · Semantics (computer science · Word (group theory · Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change · Literary and Cultural Studies · Media and Communication Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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