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Inkluzívna komunikácia
Inclusive Communication

Author(s): Juraj Dolník
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: social inclusion; inclusive communication; social and cognive barriers; contextual neutralization; self-realization;

Summary/Abstract: The author develops the thesis that inclusive communication is a means of promoting social inclusion as a process of forming a society characterized by freedom, solidarity, equal opportunities, rights and obligations. He focuses on the question of how language communication can contribute to the contextual neutralization of social and cognitive barriers that allow for active participation in public life. His answer is that this is possible by cultivating communication at the reference, relational, self-presentation and appeal levels, because this also cultivates individuals as social, epistemic and self-reflexive subjects. Cultivating the inclusive use of language is about improving the ability of individuals to use the communication potential of language to optimize the ethical, epistemic and self-reflexive realization of social inclusion. Factors that support inclusive communication self-realization are crucial. The author analyzes these factors and sheds light on communication problems associated with social inclusion.

  • Issue Year: 86/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 3-20
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovak