Hi Michael,
Can you send some referrences? Both of the reviews and of the original
works.
Ana
Wolff-Michael Roth wrote:
> Hi Ana,
> there has been a lot of work in linguistics from CHAT
> perspective--reviewed in some 1984 papers, but which are in German,
> unfortunately for many here on the list.
> Michael
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> On 2-Jun-05, at 6:17 AM, Phil Chappell wrote:
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> On 02/06/2005, at 5:35 AM, Ana Marjanovic-Shane wrote:
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> What I am interested in is developing a CHAT theory of
> language -- so all these different ways to look at it as an
> activity are very helpful.
> Ana
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>
> Dear Ana, Mike, and All,
>
> I'm a little hesitant to go too far here, as my own previous
> attempts here to sow the seeds of a group object/motive of
> discussing AT and a theory of language haven't really resulted in
> much - I often wonder whether any mention of systemics and Michael
> Halliday results in an impulsive "hit hit the delete" response ;-)
> And whither Bernstein...
>
> But Ana's interest is an interest that many here have, I feel, and
> it has often been said that the xmca community lacks a fully
> articulated theory of language, just as the SFL community is often
> derided for lacking a fully articulate theory of human learning.
> I'm struggling right now with a study from the SFL "Sydney school"
> in an attempt to make explicit a pedagogical approach that
> foregrounds the linguistic features that afford students access to
> future human activity that they may otherwise be denied. But that
> is a red herring here.
>
> Should anyone here wish to pursue the discussion of a theory of
> language "for chat", I'd like to offer up the suggestion that we
> read Gordon Well's paper: The complementary contributions of
> Halliday and Vygotsky to a 'language-based theory of learning',
> and I also think that the various ecological views of language may
> be worthwhile to pursue.
>
> So, any takers to assemble a couple of papers? I have an
> electronic version of Gordon's paper that we will need to get
> approval to use first.
>
> I'll leave it there and hope there may be a couple here interested
> in making a motive.......
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> Phil
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