Didaktik und Deixis

Abstract

This work, belonging to general didactics, gives speaking its full value using the expanded linguistic concept of deixis. Fundamental here are the distinction between énonciation / saying, speaking and énoncé / what has been said, which Lacan also uses, as well as the structural requirement that discursive speaking has no fixed references – »I« is only »I« as long as it speaks, and »you« is only «you« as long as it listens.

The placement in the invisible network of deictic references (especially pronouns) leads to every speaking subject believing themselves to be at the origin of their temporal and spatial references to the world. This has enormous consequences for coexistence and the recognition of others. At the same time, the subject loses its immediate being, which is the prerequisite for its desire.

The Quoi-de-neuf (as well as Balint groups), developed in France by F. Imbert, are suitable forms of enriching the subjectivity of learners (and teachers) through regular meetings in which one can speak freely.