this makes so much sense to me... an incredibly viable
myth-metaphor that inscribes
culture, language, writing... excellent.
many many thanks.,
(in all possible languages.. heh heh)
diane
keith writes:
>I have heard that Jorge Luis Borges, in one of his tales, described the
>"Library of Babel," a huge collection of all possible books. Does anyone
>know which one?
>
>The metaphor has been used by linguistic anthropologists interested in
>preserving the over 6000 languages spoken, most of which are employed only
>in spoken discourse. I have something by Bernard Comrie and Martin
>Haspelmath that uses this metaphor.
>
>At 06:37 PM 4/30/02 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hello dears -
>>
>>well colour ME embarrassed, but i've been looking for essays or articles
>>that analyse the biblical story of the Tower of Babel,
>>and am in a SEA of i don't know what.
>>
>>I'm looking for ways that the story itself has been elaborated
>>to discuss language, metaphor, difference, communication,
>>but cannot seem to narrow that down to a particular "faculty" of
>>thought.
>>
>>i thought i'd toss this out, in case anyone has come across
>>such works in their browsings...
>>
>>it's not an emergency or anything, and i'll find something eventually,
>>i'm just - mostly - frustrated by how hard it is to research
>>outside the academic library...
>>
>>thanks
>>diane
>
>R. Keith Sawyer
>
>
>http://www.keithsawyer.com/
>Assistant Professor
>Department of Education
>Washington University
>Campus Box 1183
>St. Louis, MO 63130
>314-935-8724
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"As he half dozed the thought struck him of what it might be like to
record the reality of things,
matched with the thoughts and impressions it brought forth.
To find the edge on which the interior met the exterior space...
If he could keep some sense of how things really were,
he might retain a little of it over time.
The past was always disguising itself, disappearing into the needs
of the moment. Whatever happened got replaced by the
official story or competing fictions."
Robert Stone
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diane celia hodges
university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
instruction
vancouver, bc
mailing address: 46 broadview avenue, pointe claire, qc, H9R 3Z2
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