WRIT 1000 Lecture Notes - Note-Taking, Scientific Method
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Gives you the ability to be more conscious about your writing, hence being more conscious about decisions made in writing. *inquiry paradigm: a systematic way of studying something. Knowing allows us to build an inquiry paradigm. How language helped humans to understand the world; ourself, those around us, and the world we inhabit. Language is considered to be epistemic (meaning it can produce knowledge knowledge making tool) we create the self who we are via language along with people we interact with and the world. Language is a filter. (i understand you through language largely) By manipulating language we can manipulate the world. Language theorist: jerome brener argues we use language to reflect what we do and who we are. It makes sense of the world, and how it composes our world. Language is minorly a form of communication. (language is mainly about composing knowledge) A child learns about the world, themselves, and others through language.
