
Metalanguage (Aphorism 7)
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There's No Outside the Text, and You Can't Be Inside the Text
The key text for the difference between derido and lekan is that, like, when he writes about lecan write a discussing perloine letter. The essay begins with a quotation, and he's kind of quoting lecon,. But then there's also a poet, and like, it's really not clear who is speaking. And that's his, kind of his point, which is that you can't, there cannot be the stability language and speech. All meaning is contingent, and it is change. And signification is sliding.
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