Taalvermoë en originariteit
Language is not to be found in dictionaries or theories, but in speech itself. My quest is to understand what happens in speech. Language is not merely a means of communication but the manner in which one becomes oneself in one’s own body. Language is a means to self-realisation and thus to origina...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2008-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Academica |
| Online Access: | http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1171 |
| Summary: | Language is not to be found in dictionaries or theories, but in speech itself. My quest is to understand what happens in speech. Language is not merely a means of communication but the manner in which one becomes oneself in one’s own body. Language is a means to self-realisation and thus to originarity. This position is argued by tracing a path via the speech events, the subject, poetry as originary speech, the philosophy of language, the complexity of language as a phenomenon, dualism and its origin, the living body as a victory over dualism, and the voice — to human understanding.
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| ISSN: | 0587-2405 2415-0479 |