"[W]ords, expressions, propositions, etc., change their meaning according to the positions held by those who use them, which signifies that they find their meaning by reference to those positions...
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...i.e., by reference to the ideological formations…in which those positions are inscribed. (Pêcheux 111-113)" Quoted from Wallis' Cruel Theory / Sublime Practice.
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I think I need to go and read some Pêcheux so that I can pinch some language to explain what it is I think I mean when I refer to 'functional pivots'. The alternative is to stop talking word salad, which is obviously a non-viable option.
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Take it from the blog that brought you "All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar’s teeth," (Antonin Artaud), one person's "word salad" is another's dislodging from the ruts of borrowed speech. Oh, and this:http://tinyurl.com/y5b3y5cc
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