tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post7313925848038155569..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: prescriptivism/descriptivism: a warmupKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-47209939798391200202015-03-20T12:08:32.599+09:002015-03-20T12:08:32.599+09:00Lord, please don't get me started on Derrida. ...Lord, please don't get me started on Derrida. I know a lot about him and his writing: I actually slogged through "Structure, Sign, and Play" in his collection <i>Writing and Difference,</i> and I've mentioned Derrida <a href="http://bighominid.blogspot.kr/search?q=derrida&max-results=20&by-date=true" rel="nofollow">quite a few times on this blog</a>. Ever since I left grad school, I've become postmodernism's biggest enemy, for I am myself an apostate of PoMo.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-69740110942019425372015-03-20T10:06:35.337+09:002015-03-20T10:06:35.337+09:00I agree, generally, that we generally agree.
Or t...I agree, generally, that we generally agree.<br /><br />Or that our spectra overlap, mostly.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />The simple act of writing something down is itself an acknowledgement of prescriptivism.<br /><br />As Derrida said (I haven't read Derrida, but I read someone who has...):<br /><br />The traditional statement about language is that it is in itself living, and that writing is the dead part of language. Roryhttp://eastedit.com.aunoreply@blogger.com