Crowley, T (2018) Marx, Vološinov, Williams: language, history, practice. Language Sciences, 70. pp. 37-44. ISSN 0388-0001
Abstract
The article will consider the development of the Marxist tradition of thought on language. It will focus specifically on the limited though significant account of language found in Marx's writing, consider how this is developed by Vološinov, and then turn to the work of Raymond Williams. It will be argued that an emphasis on language as a fundamental and creative form of labour is an important development in Marxist social theory and a significant contribution to linguistic thought. The article will conclude with an analysis of two words - ‘dissident’ and ‘terrorism’ - in order to demonstrate how historical semiotics can aid in the understanding of the operations of ideology and hegemony.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Language Sciences. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Karl Marx; V.N.Vološinov; Raymond Williams; Marxists on language; Ideology; Hegemony; Politics of language; Language as a form of labour; Historical semiotics; Keywords |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 May 2018 11:28 |
Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2019 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.langsci.2018.03.007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130288 |
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