Talk:Logosphere

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[edit] Earlier, scholarly meaning

From Dialogues on Bakhtin: Interdisciplinary Readings:

"Thus the notion of ‘logosphere’ refers to the fact that we both recognize and understand the recurring elements in speech (or, ’language’) on the one hand, and assign meanings to the unrepeatable and unique utterance, on the other hand. Bakhtin (1986: 134) argues that elements of speech are experienced in two ways: through the repeatability of the language and the unrepeatability (uniqueness) of the utterance. Thus it is through actual utterances that language participates in the historical unrepeatability and in the never-ending, unfinalized totality of the logosphere (Bakhtin 1986: 134)." Avb 16:35, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I tried to summarize this in a defininition in the article, and I think it's a general communication term, so I've moved it to that category. I don't know the uses of this term, nor am I sure I summarized accurately, so please edit away! --Busy Stubber (talk) 16:10, 10 December 2007 (UTC)