Mikhail Bakhtin Quote

Language is not a neutral medium that passes freely and easily into the private property of the speaker's intentions; it is populated—overpopulated—with the intentions of others.


p. 294 - "Discourse in the Novel" (1935)


Language is not a neutral medium that passes freely and easily into the private property of the speaker's intentions; it is...

Language is not a neutral medium that passes freely and easily into the private property of the speaker's intentions; it is...

Language is not a neutral medium that passes freely and easily into the private property of the speaker's intentions; it is...

Language is not a neutral medium that passes freely and easily into the private property of the speaker's intentions; it is...