Re: Ritual discourses
SMAGOR who-is-at aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu
Mon, 18 Dec 1995 07:07:07 -0600 (CST)
Jay, you used "instrumental" in a way that surprised me--it
seemed that you associated it with communicative functions. I've
used the term to describe the process you contrasted it with,
that being the strictly mediational aspect of tool use (in
this case, writing). Is there an "official" meaning to this
term that I've missed out on? (an interesting question given
the semiotic slant you'll undoubtedly take on it.)
Peter Smagorinsky