How we know / What we know
Dear all,
For this article, it is so hard to understand for me. However, I can get something from the article by examples. I think I can understand but it’s not clear. Therefore, I would like someone explain it to me.
The authors talk about levels of abstraction that influence to the reader’s understanding. Moreover, they explain about the step as “Abstraction Ladder”, but I don’t know the word “Bessie”, what dose it means? Is it the name that represents something? As for the other examples, I can understand about the process of abstracting which help both of the writer and the readers to communicate between them.
I apologize for my confusion.
Thanks
Best Regards
Jib
Program in Translation for Education and Business, School of Applied Arts, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
I'm sorry
Dear all,
I am sorry for this time I don't have any comments for this article -- How We Know, What We Know -- beacuse I have not read it yet; I had to join the mob. No! I am joking.
In the last class, I listened to Ajan Karnchanoke explained a bit about the article. Then I get that this article talks about how to make a writing work easy to read, or how to make it be Reader-based prose more. The author, Hayakawa, suggested that if a writer wants to write thing which is an abstract, s/he should try to explain it bit by bit from something that is concrete to the abstract s/he is going to write. The author also gave an example how to write by using the Abstraction Ladder (p. 101).
Take care
See you in class ^o^
I am sorry for this time I don't have any comments for this article -- How We Know, What We Know -- beacuse I have not read it yet; I had to join the mob. No! I am joking.
In the last class, I listened to Ajan Karnchanoke explained a bit about the article. Then I get that this article talks about how to make a writing work easy to read, or how to make it be Reader-based prose more. The author, Hayakawa, suggested that if a writer wants to write thing which is an abstract, s/he should try to explain it bit by bit from something that is concrete to the abstract s/he is going to write. The author also gave an example how to write by using the Abstraction Ladder (p. 101).
Take care
See you in class ^o^
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Khun Yee's Post
This article is too hard understnding (vocab and context). I'm not sure that I'm right (think). I think that "bessie, the cow" (Hayakawa, p99) is "a process of change" (p.99).
Hayakawa described all thing on the earth to change (natural) and I think this is an example for writing. He gaves the example for comparision with abstract.
"Absrtaction Ladder" (p.101) is process level to adjust thinking from tangible to intangible. It have 8 steps for description each step.I read this topic but I'm not sure that I'm right.
I sorry that I don't understand but It's very hard.
I have questions: what's bessie, the cow?
thanks.
How We Know : What We Know :
This artical is interesting.
I thinks that abstraction ladder is the main point of this artical.
A meaning of a word is abstraction; the word has different meaning and level.
Futhermore, the abstraction is important factor of a writer and reader. If the reader cannot understand the abstract as well as the writer; the reader cannot understand the writing that the writer want to communicate.
For my opinion, I think that the experence is the fator helping to adjust the gap of abstraction between a sender and reciever. The experience resulted from a life, education, surrounding and a lot.
Best Regards
Banna Wanishayanun
I thinks that abstraction ladder is the main point of this artical.
A meaning of a word is abstraction; the word has different meaning and level.
Futhermore, the abstraction is important factor of a writer and reader. If the reader cannot understand the abstract as well as the writer; the reader cannot understand the writing that the writer want to communicate.
For my opinion, I think that the experence is the fator helping to adjust the gap of abstraction between a sender and reciever. The experience resulted from a life, education, surrounding and a lot.
Best Regards
Banna Wanishayanun
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