The XII International Bakhtin Conference, Jyväskylä 18–22 July 2005
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Vygotskyan perspective on context
- Bakhtin lacks a method of dealing with situational context: this is
provided by Vygotsky
- language develops in action: in situations where language is involved
but the outcome of the action is not purely linguistic
- higher mental action, concepts, needs decontextualized
language
- genres provide the means for this: situation type and linguistic type
are semiotically linked with each other