[PN] Frames and Scripts (15 Oct. 2003)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Conference Call for Papers

'Autonomy and Language Learning: Maintaining Control' conference
Hong Kong and Hangzhou (China) from 14-18 June 2004. Themes include:
* the rhetoric and practice of learner autonomy in the modern world
* learner autonomy and teacher autonomy
* developing learner autonomy in the classroom
(from primary to tertiary levels)
* self-directed and self-access language learning
Abstract deadline: 31 December 2003
Full details and Abstract Form: http://lc.ust.hk/~centre/conf2004/
>From Richard Pemberton: lcrpem@ust.hk
Language Centre, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

* New Book, due out today, by PN subscriber

Language Learning in Distance Education
by Cynthia White, Linguistics and Second Language Teaching,
Massey University, New Zealand
Her home page: http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/CW.shtml
http://books.cambridge.org/052181541X.htm

* Periodical articles on media, culture, and linguistics

Are Computers Wrecking Schools?
Michael Rogers, Newsweek
A new and controversial book [by Todd Oppenheimer of Newsweek]
argues that computers have done far more harm than good to education
http://www.msnbc.com/news/980334.asp?0cv=CB20

"I Am Addicted to Prescription Pain Medication"
True Confessions: Limbaugh built an army of admirers with his
hard-right rants. But off-air, he was a lonely man who may
have broken the law to feed his addiction. The real Rush
By Evan Thomas, NEWSWEEK
Rush Limbaugh's rise and fall
http://www.msnbc.com/news/979355.asp

On a BBS Anonymous wrote that Rush "is a textbook model
of the blow-hard, holier-than-thou republican moralists of the
Falwellian-flock who publicly preach and espouse one set of rules
and standards, while personally living by another whole set."
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=275431&display=all

Remembering Neil Postman
By Jim Benning, AlterNet, October 10, 2003
"... the most significant American cultural fact of the second half
of the twentieth century: the decline of the Age of Typography and
the ascendancy of the Age of Television." The change didn't bode
well for serious political discourse, Postman thought. As he
pointed out, the world of the printed word, by its very nature,
demanded rigorous logic. Television, with its emphasis on
flashy images, did not. The consequences were far-reaching ..."
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16940

The Frame Around Arnold
By George Lakoff, Cognitive Science and Linguistics, Cal Berkeley
AlterNet, October 13, 2003
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16947

[At the intersection of linguistics and psychology,
Lakoff of _Metaphors We Live By_ fame elaborates
on the concept of "framing" in the above article. E.g.,
taxes can be framed as a burden from which relief
is needed, or as the dues of a humane society. Issues
are framed for persuasive effect most notably by
politicians (cf. "spin"). What do you think is the
difference between "framing" and "scripts" in pragmatics?
Textbooks teach requesting a menu, but that is usually
part of the unwritten script in a restaurant situation.
Whereas scripts tend to be implicit and taken for granted
unconsciously, perhaps the difference is that frames
are to a greater degree cognitively constructed, and
therefore subject to manipulation. One might think
that Arnold would be more comfortable with a script :)
If you have a comment on this, or know of other
relevant concepts in linguistics, let us know via
e-mail to: steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp - Ed.]

Good to hear the previous news from Mark,
Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa JC, Japan
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