| Summary: | « Reflexivity » is a core notion for all disciplines in the humanities, although it is treated in a myriad of approaches, and even of denominations. This two-part study aims at showing, first, that a general issue of reflexivity exists and is essential for explaining « meaning facts » ; second, that a certain amount of distinctions have to be drawn between reflexive phenomena. The study thus proposes a frame that is both unitary and differentiated, which allows discussing several approaches: from linguistics to philosophy of language, semiotics, sociology, aesthetics, literature, film, and art studies, through which it explores notions such as meaning, representation, enonciation, behaviour, and pictures. Critical insight is given on, amongst other things, the theories of « metalanguages » or « metadiscourse » and figural approaches, as well as on improper stress on marks of enonciation and on the notion of self-reflexivity.
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