Re: Two different paradigms

From: Charles Nelson (c.nelson@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 10 2002 - 17:21:37 PST


Ana, you said,

>I think that there is no smooth transition between PGT and LSV
>positions, that it is not just a matter of degree of the importance
>of social/cultural elements. I think the two positions are
>paradigmatically different. The notion of social/cultural mediation
>cannot be just patched onto the notions of assimilation/accomodation.

I believe I can understand assimilation/accommodation, even if
metaphorically, as a biological mechanism, but the mechanism of
social/cultural mediation is sort of black-boxed for me. If we don't
use assimilation/accommodation, what mechanism can we use for
mediation?

Charles



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