%0 Journal Article
%T Language acquisition, motherhood, and the perpetual preservation of ethical dialogue: a model for ethical discourse focusing on Julia Kristeva
%A Jennifer Lemma
%J Perspectives : International Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy
%D 2009
%I 
%X This article proposes that Julia Kristeva¡¯s semiotic view of language supports the mother/child paradigm as a model for ethical discourse. Her defense of motherhood, particularly her discussion of the sacredness of maternal love and the mother tongue, strengthens the argument that motherhood is a primary means of preserving language acquisition and ethical development. It focuses on motherhood¡¯s ability to ensure, protect and preserve the possibility of productive ethical discourse through verbal and non-verbal means of communication. This article discusses the constraints of language, and its effects on the actualization of self.
%K semiotics
%K language acquisition
%K ethics
%K motherhood
%U http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/perspectives/resources/Jennifer_Lemma.pdf