Mole
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Humpty Dumpty, the Text, and the Context
Yes, each level of generalisation has its own specific effects, for instance, if we change the context, we change the meaning of the text, of course this flies in the face of the belief that author creates the meaning of the text.
And on Typology Central members complain when I change the context of their text, not realising the meaning of electronic text is the electronic reply, and my reply is often to change the context, but this is against the rules of literacy, not realising that literacy is now merely the content of electronic text. Look, you are now reading etext and the content is text.
So as you quite rightly say the possibility exists to tailor the levels of generalisations to our wants and needs. All we need to do is let go the shiboliths of literacy.
And as Humpty Dumpty said, the only question is who is to be master, the text or the context.
Yes, familiar but unexperienced.
It’s all case by case, and totally depends on how you need to use the subject to select the perfect generalisation level based on you.
Yes, each level of generalisation has its own specific effects, for instance, if we change the context, we change the meaning of the text, of course this flies in the face of the belief that author creates the meaning of the text.
And on Typology Central members complain when I change the context of their text, not realising the meaning of electronic text is the electronic reply, and my reply is often to change the context, but this is against the rules of literacy, not realising that literacy is now merely the content of electronic text. Look, you are now reading etext and the content is text.
So as you quite rightly say the possibility exists to tailor the levels of generalisations to our wants and needs. All we need to do is let go the shiboliths of literacy.
And as Humpty Dumpty said, the only question is who is to be master, the text or the context.