Gee dialectical Journal

Nicholas Kollert

English 1510

Gee dialectical Journal

October 24, 2012

  

Gee dialectical Journal

Quotes

“People can be wrong about smaller points while still being right about bigger ones”

“Language is a misleading term, it too often suggests ‘grammar’. It is a truism that a person can know perfectly the grammar of a language and not know how to use that language”

“metaknowladge  is liberation and power, because it leads to the ability to manipulate, to analyze, to resist while advancing”

“Discourses, primary and secondary can be studied, in some ways. Like languages”

“Beyond changing the social structure, Is there much hope? No, there is not.”

Importance of quote

I found this quote important because Gee is trying to say that you can be right about a big point, but you can also be wrong because you as a reader didn’t look at all the fine details leading up to the big points.

I found this quote to be important because Gee is saying that just because you know the grammar of a language it doesn’t mean you know how to use that language effectively.

I found this quote to be important because its saying knowledge about what your doing can help you greatly to help advance over other people who don’t have the knowledge.

I found this quote interesting because Gee is comparing a discourse community to a language and I guess that could be right because in both cases there are certain rules and guide lines you have to follow.

I found this quote interesting because Gee is answering his own question, I just found it funny how he did that and why he choose to word it the way he did.