The same sign carries differently oriented class accents simultaneously
Evidence
Thus various different classes will use one and the same language. As a result, differently oriented accents intersect in every ideological sign. Sign becomes the arena of the class struggle. This social multi-accentuality of the ideological sign is a very crucial aspect. By and large, it is thanks to this intersecting of accents that a sign maintains its vitality and dynamism.⊠A sign that has been withdrawn from the pressures of the social struggleâwhich, so to speak, crosses beyond the pale of the class struggleâinevitably loses force, degenerating into allegory and becoming the object not of a live social intelligibility but of philological comprehension. â Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 918
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Defines Volosinovâs concept of the âmulti-accentuality of the ideological signâ, a cornerstone of Hallâs theory of struggle over meaning.
- XREF: Directly connects to the readerâs interest in Hallâs intellectual debts â Volosinov/Bakhtin circle.
Related
- Signs are multi-accented arenas where classes struggle over meaning (similarity 0.96)
- Class conflict extends into language itself through competing accents on every sign (similarity 0.92)
- Contested signs stay politically alive while unchallenged ones decay into allegory. (similarity 0.91)
- Signs stay vital only through class struggle over their meaning. (similarity 0.83)
Broader Connections
- Ideological signs carry opposing class accents and become sites of struggle
#corroborates(0.70) â Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1015