Sunday, February 17, 2013
Quotes to Ponder:
"If your language is confused, your intellect, if not your whole character, will almost certainly correspond." --Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1934)
"Speech is but a broken light upon the depth/Of the unspoken." --Goerge Eliot (1829-80).
This is the final week we will spend with our focus on language as a Way of Knowing. I am curious to know what you think of the strengths and limitations we already talked about in regards to language and if you've added or changed any of your ideas. Does language have strengths you didn't realize before? Does language have limitations you didn't realize were there before? Does its varying strengths and limitations differ between languages? Cultures? Genders? Ages?
Also, how does language relate to the other ways of knowing? For example, does the way you describe something affect how you feel about it? (Emotion). Does language affect the way we see something? (Perception). When arguments become based around semantics (word meanings), does the argument then become more about that than about the issue at hand? (Reason/logic).
Share your thoughts below in regards to any of the ideas above, or if you'd rather, discuss any topic we covered in class over the last three weeks (your peers' presentations included). What made your lightbulb turn on?
No comments:
Post a Comment