From Linguistic Units to Speech Communication Units:Bakhtin's Concept of Discourse and Its Intersubjective Foundation
Literature as"discourse practice is a pivotal proposition that literary studies must ap-proach in the modernization process,and Bakhtin's theory of discourse has played a significant role in the formation of this proposition.This paper examines"discourse",one of the core concepts in Bakhtin's academic legacy,from the perspective of"linguistics of speech",analyzing its three characteristics of in-tegrity,responsiveness,and expressivity,as well as the connotative integrity constituted by the corre-sponding references to objects,speech intentions,and evaluative stances.As"the actual units of speech communications",discourse and its variant expressions are complex cultural phenomena with various ex-pressions in Bakhtin's works,which can best reflect the comprehensive and marginal features of Bakhtin's theoretical thinking.The discourse and the hidden"I and the Other"intersubjective philosophical founda-tion provide linguistic-philosophical groundwork not only for initiating the prelude to speech studies but also for establishing a cross-cultural dialogic theory,profoundly influencing the trajectory of literary studies and the broader development of the overall humanities in the latter half of the 20th century.
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