In order for us to speak correctly, we must use certain vocabulary to define what we speak of and in the manner that we speak. We do end up using language and speaking, however, long before the skill is “learned” correctly. We end up writing at a much earlier age than we do to manipulate language and learn more in order to move along in our lives ( Read more... )

Pretty much to avoid race as a factor is what the article says. That is a good point in that we all know that racism is a problem in today’s society and in writing itself. By constructing race in its hierarchal format, you create a problem in that you put a worldview that is your own, but becomes a way for others to think the same as you. As we ( Read more... )

ReallyReally, who is to say who owns intellectual property? More importantly, what is it? Is it the main themes that the author wrote in a story for the world to know, or is it whatever the reader interprets it to say? Now that literature has the “death of the author” does that really give others the right to criticize an author for putting certain ( Read more... )

Speaking of how all these kids come together in these examples to create something outside society sounds like an interstitial space (or a 3rd space) in that it’s a place where those who see something more than just entertainment can be. Really, all of us have a specific identity where we go to a third space, such as the Liberty Theatre in the ( Read more... )

Being “Othered” and having your own work not looked at or given value because you’ve been set aside is something pretty understandable in any society. Not many people will accept another culture through writing itself or when speaking of it because it is something different, something foreign and it is always human nature to fear something outside ( Read more... )

Really what the idea of social constructionism reveals about writing is that in order for a text to fully become real, it needs an audience and to return to its writer as he becomes a reader of the material text itself. The cycle continues as well until the text connects to its writer, its audience and back again. We know that cognitive rhetoric ( Read more... )

It's funny how really for the first time throughout our readings, this idea put forth on process focuses more on developing a skill than it does on a finished product. It's like learning how to get better at an instrument rather than just learning songs to play for friends. The actual act of writing is said to be one that only differs in how much ( Read more... )

Expressivism, romanticism, voice; all important aspects of a piece of writing, or are they? As we said, we as a people tend to look more at science and math as something more credible than writing, especially when it comes to personal writing. Why? As people, seeing something as abstract as writing, even when without error and seeming to have ( Read more... )

Well, I guess the main thing we can all see in this article is the study of the mind’s processes that lead to or are part of composing. We all know how the mind works on some level, for all the actions in the linear model are what we all do when we write. At the same time we already discussed the flaw of such a model, but in truth the model should ( Read more... )

The conversation with "Error" left more questions than answers after reading it. Error in itself is nothing more than a social construction. Whatever the mass thinks is "wrong" becomes wrong in authority - the textbook. Still, textbooks change overtime, but language is changing constantly. How can someone determine something that is an error in the ( Read more... )