V. N. Voloshinov

V. N. Voloshinov was a Russian scholar and thinker who studied language, communication, and culture. He believed that language is deeply social, shaped by the community and context in which it is used. Unlike views that see language as a fixed code, he argued that words gain meaning through their relationships with other words and how people use them in real life. His ideas emphasize that understanding language involves considering social interactions, power, and history, making communication a dynamic process influenced by society's structures and culture.