tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354814281006350164.post3295699484925285711..comments2023-03-23T21:44:30.265-04:00Comments on ENG L371 Critical Practices: "Equipment for Living" (in uncertain times): Excerpt from Austintgrabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913401531606867135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354814281006350164.post-72017392963315821612011-10-04T19:13:08.745-04:002011-10-04T19:13:08.745-04:00Christina, this question intrigues me:
"If e...Christina, this question intrigues me:<br /><br />"If each word has, naturally, no signification as Locke asserts, can emotional inference allow for a clearer perception of the intended signifier?"<br /><br />If by *emotion* you mean *interpretive intention* (on the part of the listener or reader), I don't know if the excerpts we read necessarily will give you a satisfactory answer. So, you are probably right to question. But one thing to consider is whether and how much Austin's performatives rely on Locke's (or de Saussure's, actually) system of signs at all. In other words, isn't one of Austin's dilemmas our inability to determine particular utterances -- statements, words themselves -- as true or false according to accuracy or efficacy? I wonder if Austin's dilemma is more grounded in the idea that language is in the uttering, not in the utterance?<br /><br />So, given that understanding, where might (or where does) emotion reside in the communication? Is it necessarily in the interpreter? In the speaker/writer? In the performance? <br /><br />-Prof. Grabantgrabanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913401531606867135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354814281006350164.post-5467565812413270062011-10-03T22:04:16.999-04:002011-10-03T22:04:16.999-04:00Yeah, I mean I see that emotion really has no plac...Yeah, I mean I see that emotion really has no place within some theory, but it seems to affect communication in a way that confuses all of these ideas in my head. Maybe I'm just misunderstanding the importance of it.cghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480238803251556659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354814281006350164.post-71873332014519273972011-10-03T09:31:05.941-04:002011-10-03T09:31:05.941-04:00I agree! I believe that emotions can break down an...I agree! I believe that emotions can break down and disprove or build up and strengthen any critical theory ever proposed. It is interesting to read theorists and watch them struggle around the abstraction of emotion, because it is viewed as, simply, inaccurate and irrational, which is slightly confusing because emotion is very real! And should be addressed! If a theorist does bring emotion up, he/she may flutter in and out of the common characteristics of emotion and the tendency it has to fluctuate and change common conceptions. If the theorists ignore emotion and fail to mention it, the reader then assumes that the author had forgotten such an important concept and therefore completely confuses the point and argument.Ariel Rianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694577752721477561noreply@blogger.com