@article{Arnett_2015, title={Ventriloquism as communicative music}, volume={2}, url={https://journals.helsinki.fi/lud/article/view/242}, DOI={10.31885/lud.2.1.242}, abstractNote={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.}, number={1}, journal={Language Under Discussion}, author={Arnett, Ronald C.}, year={2015}, month={Sep.}, pages={41–44} }