Abstract
What could it mean to say that the word is in crisis? Or that Beckett appears as the best of all possible canaries in the worst of all possible mineshafts? Does it mean that linguistic usage is being debased by the postmodern consumer juggernaut? Why should not language adapt constructively to any historical situation? In which case the crisis of the word would be referable to another, more fundamental, malaise. This essay examines the commodification and technologizing of language in late twentieth century western culture with Beckett's writing as a touchstone.
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