Re: Presuppositions? Assumptions? LO1919

mdarling@warren.med.harvard.edu
Mon, 03 Jul 95 16:04:52 EST

Replying to LO1868 --

Michael McMaster wrote:

>I prefer the idea of getting richer and more varied interpretations
>than of getting "closer to the sources" or "deeper". (I tend to
>reserve "deeper" for levels of abstraction which are useful
>linguistic tools for particular kinds of explorations.)"

Michael, I like your distinction between descriptive richness versus depth
(implying truth or accuracy?). Could you elaborate on how you use the term
"deeper" in a linguistic sense?

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Marilyn Darling
mdarling@warren.med.harvard.edu