An “I” Locked in a Barrel “Would Not Know How to Speak”: Field of Experience, Dialogue, and Encroachment in Merleau-Ponty

This article will illustrate the development of the theme of language within Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s The Prose of the World (1973) in relation to Saussurean linguistics and Hendrik Pos’s phenomenology of language. Focusing on the concept of encroachment (empiètement) and on the inter-penetration bet...

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Main Author: Marina De Palo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d’histoire et d’épistémologie des sciences du langage 2023-07-01
Series:Histoire Épistémologie Langage
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/hel/3341
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description This article will illustrate the development of the theme of language within Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s The Prose of the World (1973) in relation to Saussurean linguistics and Hendrik Pos’s phenomenology of language. Focusing on the concept of encroachment (empiètement) and on the inter-penetration between one’s own body and the other’s body, it will illustrate the strategic role played by an open conception of the field of experience and of history’s dynamic sedimentation.
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spelling doaj.art-90afead835304a86b61d511e7c9873b92023-09-05T08:06:10ZengSociété d’histoire et d’épistémologie des sciences du langageHistoire Épistémologie Langage0750-80691638-15802023-07-01451193910.4000/hel.3341An “I” Locked in a Barrel “Would Not Know How to Speak”: Field of Experience, Dialogue, and Encroachment in Merleau-PontyMarina De PaloThis article will illustrate the development of the theme of language within Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s The Prose of the World (1973) in relation to Saussurean linguistics and Hendrik Pos’s phenomenology of language. Focusing on the concept of encroachment (empiètement) and on the inter-penetration between one’s own body and the other’s body, it will illustrate the strategic role played by an open conception of the field of experience and of history’s dynamic sedimentation.http://journals.openedition.org/hel/3341Merleau-Ponty (Maurice)Saussure (Ferdinand de)speakingfieldPos (Hendrik)
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An “I” Locked in a Barrel “Would Not Know How to Speak”: Field of Experience, Dialogue, and Encroachment in Merleau-Ponty
Histoire Épistémologie Langage
Merleau-Ponty (Maurice)
Saussure (Ferdinand de)
speaking
field
Pos (Hendrik)
title An “I” Locked in a Barrel “Would Not Know How to Speak”: Field of Experience, Dialogue, and Encroachment in Merleau-Ponty
title_full An “I” Locked in a Barrel “Would Not Know How to Speak”: Field of Experience, Dialogue, and Encroachment in Merleau-Ponty
title_fullStr An “I” Locked in a Barrel “Would Not Know How to Speak”: Field of Experience, Dialogue, and Encroachment in Merleau-Ponty
title_full_unstemmed An “I” Locked in a Barrel “Would Not Know How to Speak”: Field of Experience, Dialogue, and Encroachment in Merleau-Ponty
title_short An “I” Locked in a Barrel “Would Not Know How to Speak”: Field of Experience, Dialogue, and Encroachment in Merleau-Ponty
title_sort i locked in a barrel would not know how to speak field of experience dialogue and encroachment in merleau ponty
topic Merleau-Ponty (Maurice)
Saussure (Ferdinand de)
speaking
field
Pos (Hendrik)
url http://journals.openedition.org/hel/3341
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