...word, as Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtm discussed, is half someone else's. It becomes 'one's own' only when the speaker populates it with his own intention,...language (it is not, after all, out of a dictionary that the speaker gets his words!), but rather it exists in other people's mouths, in other people's contexts,...

...between oneself and the other. The word in language is half someone else's. It becomes 'one's own' only when the speaker populates it with his own intention,...adapting it to his own semantic and expressive intention" (Bakhtin, 1981, 293). Anthony P. Cohen, in his discussion of metaphoric definitions of community, fixes...

...between oneself and the other. The word in language is half someone else's. It becomes "one's own" only when the speaker populates it with his own intention,...it to his own semantic and expressive intention'" (qtd. in Gates xxix). To make new fictions, authors must "unfix" language by using it in new and unexpected...

...has been used by others: 'The word in language is half someone else's. It becomes "one's own" only when the speaker populates it with his own intention,...word, adapting it to his own semantic and expressive intention.'17 Ultimately, Bakhtin thinks, if we each had to originate our own speech genres in order...

...(cited in Gee, 1996) wrote: "The word in language is half someone else's. It becomes "one's own" only when the speaker populates it with his own intention,...his own accent, when he appropriates the word.... Prior to this moment of appropriation... (the word) exists in other people's mouths, in other people's...

...Bakhtin writes that "the word in language is half someone else's" and that "it becomes 'one's own' only when the speaker populates it with his own intention, his own accent, when he appropriates the word" (293). But language often works against such an appropriation, and "many words stubbornly resist, others...

...cultural and racial groups: The word in language is half someone else's. It becomes one's own only when the speaker populates it with his own intention,...does not exist in a neutral and impersonal language, but rather it exists in other people's mouths, in other people's contexts serving other people's intentions:...

...author? How does a person's voice come to be constructed as her "own"? It becomes "one's own" only when the speaker populates it with his own intention,...the word does not exist in a neutral and impersonal lanugage (it is not, after all, out of a dictionary that a speaker gets his words1), but rather it...

...populates it with her own intention, her own accent, when she appropriates the word, adapting it to her own semantic and expressive intention. Prior to this...language (it is not, after all, out of a dictionary that the speaker gets her words!), but rather it exists in other people's mouths, in other people's contexts,...

...Bakhtin has reminded us, 'The word in language is half someone else's. It becomes "one's own" only when the speaker populates it with his own intention,...it to his own semantic and expressive intention.' 2 The 'psychological developments' that Conrad set himself to map in Under Western Eyes include Razumov's...