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...how many times are we going to go in this loop?
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Originally Posted by DanaC
But, that those cultural understandings vary does not mean that they go away and exert no influence on the hearer's comprehension. Language works partly through those shared understandings and references.
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Originally Posted by Flint
I wouldn't use a word outside of it's cultural associations without explaining why, and on what basis.
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Originally Posted by Flint
Incidentally, the collective assumptions about what "worship" means, from a dictionary definition, do not specify a communicative act. |
Regarding the "shared understandings and references" that "exert...influence on the hearer's comprehension."
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
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Last edited by Flint; 11-10-2006 at 09:44 AM.
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