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Rules of Engagement

  • Joseph Natoli--CounterPunch
  • published date: 2020-11-20 08:54:07 UTC

“[L]anguage is traded and valued as performance. Effectiveness, not truth-value is the rule for language in the sphere of communication. Pragmatics, not hermeneutics, is the methodology for understanding social communication, particularly in the age of new me…

“[L]anguage is traded and valued as performance. Effectiveness, not truth-value is the rule for language in the sphere of communication. Pragmatics, not hermeneutics, is the methodology for understan… [+18181 chars]