Language is not a thing: it is a practice! A conversation with Patrick Sériot

This interview with Patrick Sériot, a scholar of the history and epistemology of linguistic theories, presents some small aspects of his engagement with linguistics in his early years, and thereafter discusses the problem of the interrelationships between culture and language sciences by tackling t...

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Main Author: E. Israel Chávez Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2024-09-01
Series:Sign Systems Studies
Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/24504
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spelling doaj-art-29ac952b951a486395ede16aceb6d5112025-08-20T01:55:15ZengUniversity of Tartu PressSign Systems Studies1406-42431736-74092024-09-01521-210.12697/SSS.2024.52.1-2.11Language is not a thing: it is a practice! A conversation with Patrick SériotE. Israel Chávez Barreto0Dept. of General Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University This interview with Patrick Sériot, a scholar of the history and epistemology of linguistic theories, presents some small aspects of his engagement with linguistics in his early years, and thereafter discusses the problem of the interrelationships between culture and language sciences by tackling the question to which extent culture shapes the idea of language and, correspondingly, to which extent such an idea of language shapes linguistic research. The conversation then moves on to the issues of meaning, translation, and the ways of determining the context of a given work, mainly discussing examples of Sériot’s own works. In its final part, the interview deals with the problem of the social commitments of linguistics, and how we, as linguists, may contribute to the solving of social problems. https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/24504
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