La notion d’ altérité en linguistique française française

Abstract

The notion of otherness is conceived variously according to theoretical approach-es within Romance linguistics. Although operational among Spanish and Portuguese linguists, it is nevertheless in the writings of French linguists that this term ends up impos-ing itself in line with a long linguistic tradition whose exploration constitutes the goal of this research. In order to shed light on the notion of otherness, it is considered in connec-tion with other concepts widely discussed in current linguistics, such as shown heteroge-neity / constitutive heterogeneity, polyphony, dialogism, subjectivity, truth, etc., This con-nection brings out the different modes of presence of the Other and the various forms of apprehension of the otherness / identity relationship in French linguistic literature.