{"id":659,"date":"2017-10-10T12:37:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T12:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/?post_type=chapter&p=659"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:05:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:05:01","slug":"659","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/chapter\/659\/","title":{"raw":"Defining is a Process of Exposing and Arguing Boundaries","rendered":"Defining is a Process of Exposing and Arguing Boundaries"},"content":{"raw":"The words we read often break down in important fashion.\u00a0 De (away<\/em>, from<\/em>) and \u2013fine are one of these.\u00a0 (Definire<\/em>, in Latin, meant to limit or determine.)\u00a0 Definitions, then, have this feeling of ending things.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see, though, that they actually begin debate.\u00a0 Since only a part of a word\u2019s meaning is its dictionary definition\u2014the vast complement being its many connotations, which you or I can be expected to bring\u2014then we have a dynamic system.\u00a0 (Dynam<\/em> means power in Greek.)\u00a0 We have to take seriously the idea that words matter and that they weave effects upon readers or listeners\u2014even if the writer doesn\u2019t know the story of the word.\r\n\r\nWatch for boundaries between what\u2019s left out and included.\u00a0 Definitions are all about borders.\u00a0 Like some nasty neighbors, tricky writers can try and get us to accept shifting borders.\u00a0 Let\u2019s keep an eye on what is involved (literally \u201cspun into\u201d) the definitions in this unit and the rest of the course!","rendered":"

The words we read often break down in important fashion.\u00a0 De (away<\/em>, from<\/em>) and \u2013fine are one of these.\u00a0 (Definire<\/em>, in Latin, meant to limit or determine.)\u00a0 Definitions, then, have this feeling of ending things.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see, though, that they actually begin debate.\u00a0 Since only a part of a word\u2019s meaning is its dictionary definition\u2014the vast complement being its many connotations, which you or I can be expected to bring\u2014then we have a dynamic system.\u00a0 (Dynam<\/em> means power in Greek.)\u00a0 We have to take seriously the idea that words matter and that they weave effects upon readers or listeners\u2014even if the writer doesn\u2019t know the story of the word.<\/p>\n

Watch for boundaries between what\u2019s left out and included.\u00a0 Definitions are all about borders.\u00a0 Like some nasty neighbors, tricky writers can try and get us to accept shifting borders.\u00a0 Let\u2019s keep an eye on what is involved (literally \u201cspun into\u201d) the definitions in this unit and the rest of the course!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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