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Michael said:<br>
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"Well, Dan, if you feel commanded and directed, imperatively, by "Be
prepared to be surprised"...how do you feel being confronted by the
Law?
<br>
<br>
I say:<br>
<br>
I don't actually feel commanded/directed. I'm just noticing
something about the actual syntax structure of the slogan.<br>
<br>
"Be prepared to be surprised" is in fact structured in English as:
an illocutionary speech act of type 'directive'.<br>
<br>
And I think that's really, really interesting. Do you also think so?<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/26/13 9:54 AM, Michael M Pannwitz
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:526BC9A2.5060100@gmail.com" type="cite">Well,
Dan, if you feel commanded and directed, imperatively, by "Be
prepared to be surprised" (In German: "Augen Auf! Mit
Überraschungen ist zu rechnen!", even more gruesome), how do you
feel being confronted by the Law?
<br>
And by a facilitator raising his/her voice by saying, as the Law
(in German: Das Gesetz) is introduced: "You know about Laws, they
have to be obeyed...!!!", followed by the translation of the Law,
theatrical pause and then, facilitator stops in his/her tracks
(here I am talking of classical facilitators like me that walk the
circle): "You honor a group with your absence when you neither
learn nor contribute something. If you learn something, stay. If
you contribute something, stay. If neither is happening you leave
the group by whatever means are available to you and look for a
more productive place for you to be in!"
<br>
Adding, "and this Law is in force right now!", pause.....
<br>
Somehow, I havent gotten the curve yet, when I introduce the
admonition (yes, this is the name for it, in German: Ermahnung)
and the Law... invariably participants smile or grin at me!!
<br>
No respect for authority, let alone age or beauty, and this just
at the very beginning of an open space event.
<br>
<br>
Have a great Sunday!!!
<br>
cheers
<br>
mmp
<br>
<br>
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On 26.10.2013 15:17, Daniel Mezick wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">When responding to Jenifer's thoughts
earlier, I realized:
<br>
<br>
The slogan "Be Prepared to Be Surprised" is a most interesting
one in OST.
<br>
<br>
It is actually an illocutionary speech act.... of type
"*/Directive/*".
<br>
<br>
So, located here in OST, baked into it, we have a specific
slogan that
<br>
is attempting to *cause* the hearer to take a particular action,
e.g. a
<br>
request, *commands* and advice. A directive!
<br>
<br>
I wonder if the undeniably directive structure of "Be Prepared
to Be
<br>
Surprised" really aligned with the intention/spirit/philosophy
of OST.
<br>
<br>
Dan
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<br>
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Background links:
<br>
<br>
What is a speech act?
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts</a>
<br>
A /*speech act*/ in linguistics
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics"><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics></a> and the
philosophy of
<br>
language
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_language"><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_language></a> is
an
<br>
utterance that has performative function in language and
communication.
<br>
<br>
What is an illocutionary act?
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act</a>
<br>
*Illocutionary act* is a term in linguistics
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics"><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics></a> introduced by
the philosopher
<br>
John L. Austin
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Austin"><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Austin></a> in his
<br>
investigation of the various aspects of speech acts
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts"><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts></a>.
<br>
<br>
What is a Directive illocutionary act?
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act#Classes_of_illocutionary_acts">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act#Classes_of_illocutionary_acts</a>
<br>
*directives* = speech acts that are to *cause the hearer to take
a
<br>
particular action*, e.g. requests, commands and advice
<br>
<br>
More than you asked for:
<br>
What is a Commissive speech act?
<br>
*commissives* = speech acts that commit a speaker to some future
action,
<br>
e.g. promises and oaths
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On 10/24/13 1:29 PM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Re: [OSList] The OST Game Dan wrote:
>> Consider the man who loves a
<br>
certain woman, and waits for the current trend of her interest
in him
<br>
to change. He is goal seeking without controlling. Likewise,
<br>
trend-following market traders do not attempt to create,
control or
<br>
make trends. They simply identify & ride them, while
seeking wealth. <<
<br>
<br>
Waiting and seeking are still forms of controlling. Your
loving man
<br>
has chosen to wait for his goal rather than (to coin a phrase)
being
<br>
prepared to be surprised by another woman. He may not be
trying to
<br>
control her, but he’s still trying to control the situation in
a way
<br>
that he thinks will allow him to achieve his goal.
<br>
<br>
Those who seek wealth do likewise: they don’t randomly ride
the
<br>
trends, they identify them and make choices about how to ride
them, in
<br>
order to obtain wealth. That is control.
<br>
<br>
I don’t think it’s possible to be goal-oriented and try to
exert some
<br>
kind of control over the process, unless your goal is… to have
no
<br>
goal. Actually, even being prepared to be surprised is a goal.
A sort
<br>
of wonderfully ridiculous one.
<br>
<br>
Jen x
<br>
<br>
*Jenifer Toksvig
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*www.acompletelossforwords.com
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*The Copenhagen Interpretation
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*www.thecopenhageninterpretation.co.uk
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