Mikhail Bakhtin Quote

Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most varied and directly contradictory evaluations on the part of the speakers.


Speech genres and other late essays (ed. Univ of Texas Pr, 1986)


Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most varied and directly...

Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most varied and directly...

Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most varied and directly...

Words belong to nobody, and in themselves they evaluate nothing. But they can serve any speaker and be used for the most varied and directly...