"The Language War" by Robin Tolmach Lakoff LO25078

From: John Zavacki (systhinc@msn.com)
Date: 07/19/00


Replying to LO25072 --

Neil says:

> Then I wondered - if the power is in the silences then what
> agenda is not
> being voiced by this fellow poster or is it postess? :-) The uses and
> abuses of language are both subtle and profound no doubt - what for
> instance makes Lakoff a "good" linguist and does a "lot of
> work" in one
> field or another make the book necessarily either good or
> "timely" for me
> or the group to consider? so I surrendered some of my time,
> obediently
> followed the link you gave and read the review. Interesting.
> But still ...
> what changes do you want I/the group to make after reading it? The
> implications are not self-evident, if it ain't broke, what
> are we trying
> to fix?
>
> are you having your voice and eating it too?

Starting with "At's and Sajeela's Ways of Learning LO24702" there's been
some discussion about "teaching" styles, perceptual understandings of
conceptual transfers, etc. etc. Lakoff's "stuff" is just another take on
it all, something to be considered as a potential model for interpreting
the written word when immediate advocacy/inquiry feedback cannot be
realized....

John F. Zavacki
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