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Andy, I can't speak for Anna, but I am thinking "discourse" as in linguistic analysis, the larger "unit of analysis", larger than a sentence, in which words, spoken or written, are used in a meaningful and social way. I am also thinking of discourse as a context for understanding word meaning. Monica -----Original Message----- From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Blunden Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:52 AM To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity Subject: Re: [xmca] activity and reification Maybe I am in error because I don't know what people mean by "discourse"? I take "discourse" (in its current philosophical usage) to mean something like "institution." That is to say, a stable and /relatively/ closed pattern of meanings in a language community. Is that right? You think that is what Vygotsky meant by "word"? Andy Martin Packer wrote: > .... When LSV uses the term "word" I take him to mean spoken language - that's to say, discourse. > > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca