Notions of (inter)subjectivity

Nuyts, Jan

doi:10.1075/etc.5.1.04nuy

Article published In: Intersections of Intersubjectivity
Edited by Lieselotte Brems, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde
[English Text Construction 5:1] 2012
► pp. 53–76

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Notions of (inter)subjectivity

Jan Nuyts | University of Antwerp

Published online: 20 April 2012

https://doi.org/10.1075/etc.5.1.04nuy

This paper compares a few notions of ‘subjectivity’ (vs. ‘objectivity’ or ‘intersubjectivity’) circulating in the current functional and cognitive linguistic literature. It aims to demonstrate that, in spite of some points of contact in the analysis of certain linguistic issues, e.g. in the sphere of the modal categories, these notions actually refer to substantially different phenomena and should therefore not be confused.

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