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THE MEDIUM OF LANGUAGE

Sead Alić ; Center for Philosophy of Media, Zagreb

Abstract

This study analyzes the language in its media dimension. The text examines all aspects of linguistic mediation – the media dimension of language – its ‘mediality’.
The text argues this mediality of language with examples from the Egyptian, Jewish, Greek, and Western European experience, and through analyses of attitudes of Heidegger, Benjamin, Gadamer, Grassi, Miščevič and other authors.
The paper explains language as a medium for promotion of awareness of the mediating role of language itself.
The text explains the strength of the impact of the language we use, and what the consequences of the different relationships towards language are.
The text claims that it is indeed mediality that dimension of language that reveals an important philosophical dimension of the truly philosophical analysis of language.

Keywords

language; medium; mediality; orality; scripture

Hrčak ID:

68498

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/68498

Publication date:

18.5.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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