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logocentrism
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lo·go·cen·trism  (lg-sntrzm)
n.
1. A structuralist method of analysis, especially of literary works, that focuses upon words and language to the exclusion of non-linguistic matters, such as an author's individuality or historical context.
2. Excessive attention paid to the meanings of words or distinctions in their usage.
logo·centric adj.
logo·centrist n. & adj.


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17) This distinction between writing and speaking does not reaffirm a logocentric privileging of the presence of thought over the distance of the pen; rather, Gilman's play juxtaposes individualized thought and speech with institutionally sanctioned texts: for example, speeches at forums, prepared statements for parents, memos, and lists.
Simon wasn't there: the Sambo strategy, consumable theater, and ... by Stacks, Geoffrey / African American Review
Such linguistic or logocentric approaches to the arts have tended to distort or blur understandings of art on its own terms (Drewal 1990:35).
Senses in understandings of art by Drewal, Henry John / African Arts
This is the basis from which all post-"logocentric" arts and knowledge must proceed, including those that study language in events of "communication" and even "information" (if, indeed, it is possible to displace these terms from their modern logocentric inscriptions).
Community as event (1) by Day, Ronald E. / Library Trends
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