Gordon: The following should be etched somewhere on the XMCA spalsh
page (always under construction):
My main point (not made sufficiently explicit) is that texts, spoken and
written, are tools for mediating ongoing activity. The genre forms (the
synoptic 'rules') are functional with respect to commonly occurring
rhetorical situations, where the goal extends beyond the production of the
texts themselves. Like all tools, therefore, they need to be adapted to
the task in hand, which may involve substantial transformation of the
cultural norms.
Now, imagine that it was there and the word TOOL was a link to
the earlier tools discussions and your name was a link to your
website?
mike
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