The previous blog post dedicated to texts addressed the topic only in the context of linguistics, applied linguistics, literary studies and philosophy of language. The same also applied to the discussion of textuality, contextuality, intertextuality and paratextuality. The purpose of this blog post is not to repeat to the contents of that previous post, nor […]
It was noted in an earlier blog post concerning texts that discourse is generally understood as pertaining to speech and texts to writing. Moreover, it was specified that this common sense division to speech and writing is also utilized by some, but not all linguists. For others, these terms are interchangeable. I tried my best […]
Dialogue is generally understood as pertaining to two or more people speaking to one another, the idea being that the people involved either speak or listen to the other people. This is the case, but this is not its only definition. This blog post explores how all language can be understood as a dialogue. This […]
Text is commonly thought of as a mere synonym for writing. It can, however, also be understood more broadly as pertaining not only to written language, but also spoken language. It is also possible to understand it even more broadly, so that it pertains to anything that is thought to be meaningful, regardless of the […]