Ventriloquism as communicative music
Keywords:
communication theory, ventriloquism, pragmatism, signification, metadiscourse
Abstract
This essay explicates connections between communication theory and François Cooren’s discussion of ventriloquism. Cooren provides a theoretical and practical exposition of a situated and contextually shaped communicative agent. Ventriloquism offers a practical depiction of the limits of individualism, or unrestrained individual autonomy. Ventriloquism suggests that we live within sounds and voices that continually affect a communicator; one cannot confuse the influence of random and, at times, orchestrated sounds and voices with ownership grounded within a single communicative agent. Ventriloquism explicates everyday life as orchestrated by ongoing communicative music of sounds and voices.
Published
2015-09-03
How to Cite
Arnett, R. C. (2015). Ventriloquism as communicative music. Language Under Discussion, 2(1), 41–44. https://doi.org/10.31885/lud.2.1.242
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Discussion Notes
Copyright (c) 2014 Ronald C. Arnett

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