From the linguistic ideology to the semiotic ideology. Reflections upon the denial. [Italian]
A vast literature exists on the concept of “linguistic ideology.” Scholars generally agree on defining it as a set of ideas that the members of a community hold about the role of language in the community. Nevertheless, scholars generally disagree on whether these ideas are explicit or implicit. Dif...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fundación Universidad del Norte
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Eidos |
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| Online Access: | http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/eidos/article/view/2145/1382 |
| Summary: | A vast literature exists on the concept of “linguistic ideology.” Scholars generally agree on defining it as a set of ideas that the members of a community hold about the role of language in the community. Nevertheless, scholars generally disagree on whether these ideas are explicit or implicit. Different views on this point imply different methodologies: the analysis of explicit considerations on language in the first case, that of a more multifarious material in the second one. However, excluding implicit ideas from the analysis is too restrictive. A better option is to distinguish between explicit beliefs and implicit assumptions. Whereas the first ones must be studied through socio- or ethno-logical methods, the second ones must be studied through semiotics: the discourses that are produced in a community are considered as signs of implicit assumptions that such community holds about language. The paper deals with a case-study: the semiotic ideology behind denegation in the contemporary Italian political discourse. |
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| ISSN: | 1692-8857 2011-7477 |