
Word + code

Inside - outside

Stolen words

Continuous slice of meaning

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[1] BOURDIEU, Pierre. The Economy of Linguistic Exchange.
Unfounded optimism

There is optimism on the issue of communicating. We speak about an issuer, a receiver, a code, a message. But the idea of a receiver implies an optimistic attitude of communication because it is equivalent to say "I speak, you understand me". Only the existence of a common code allows communication and enables the exchange of messages. But what circulates among the subjects when they speak are not messages or words or senses; what is issued, when they speak, are noises, sound chains coming to the ears to be decoded and processed, according to all the experiences, memories, skills, the whole subjectivity of the receiver. There is no transparency of language, because there is no way to corroborate the meanings between subjects outside of language. "There are a thousand perceptions of nothing and a single word to translate them, the poverty of the speech makes the universe intelligible" [1]
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[1] CIORAN, Emile. The Temptation to Exist.
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