Jake Kaplan

Professor Gonzalez

ENC1102

2/14/2023

A lot of what the essay was arguing was that understanding and analyzing different texts

varies from person to person, culture to culture; that we don't all share the same subjectivity. To

which I agree, your background and culture as a person has a huge influence on how you

receive/perceive texts. In the essay, Bazerman talks about how Saussure thinks that a proper

abstract language should be the “proper object” in linguistic studies. But I disagree, having a

form of language that can differ from person to person creates a more sense of perspective. It

allows no constraints to be put on an individual who analyzes intertextuality in any forms of

linguistics. Another point I disagree with is in the same paragraph, where Volosinov claims that,

“one

cannot properly understand language apart from its instances of use”. I disagree because to an

extent a person can perceive different perspectives from others even outside of their language of

use. A part I found valuable was the following argument between Saussure and Volosinov where

they argue about whether there should be a generalized form of language in linguistics, while I

more or so lean towards Saussure, both authors have solid points to each side.

An example of intertextuality in my research project is the use of ai and how best we can

use it. There are tons of movies out there where ai goes wrong. Terminator, probably most well

known, can be used as in the movie Skynet, an ai used to better the lives of people in the world,
becomes self aware and causes destruction. Using ai right now isn't so much of a scary thought,

but realizing it gets better and better is where people start to get uneasy. When people think of AI

becoming too powerful they point to the world and say, “this is what the movies warned us

about.”

son, culture to culture; that we don't all share the same subjectivity. To which I agree,

your background and culture as a person has a huge influence on how you receive/perceive texts.

In the essay, Bazerman talks about how Saussure thinks that a proper abstract language should be

the “proper object” in linguistic studies.