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RE: [xmca] activity and reification

Andy,
I can't speak for Anna, but I am thinking "discourse" as in linguistic
analysis, the larger "unit of analysis", larger than a sentence, in which
words, spoken or written, are used in a meaningful and social way. I am also
thinking of discourse as a context for understanding word meaning. 

Monica


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Behalf Of Andy Blunden
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:52 AM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: Re: [xmca] activity and reification

Maybe I am in error because I don't know what people mean by 
"discourse"? I take "discourse" (in its current philosophical usage) to 
mean something like "institution." That is to say, a stable and 
/relatively/ closed pattern of meanings in a language community. Is that 
right? You think that is what Vygotsky meant by "word"?

Andy

Martin Packer wrote:
> .... When LSV uses the term "word" I take him to mean spoken language -
that's to say, discourse. 
>
>   


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