Joseph Maduma's Profile

Dialogue and semiotics. Russian philosopher and semiotician Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of "dialogue" emphasized the power of discourse to increase understanding of multiple perspectives and create myriad possibilities. Bakhtin held that relationships and connections exist among all living beings, and that dialogue creates a new understanding of a situation that demands change. In his influential work, Bakhtin provided a linguistic methodology to define the dialogue, it's nature and it's meaning.…