Moffett on the "imperative and interrogative modes"
they "fill up a great deal of both dialogue and correspondence"
"commands, entreaties, admonitions, and question-and-answer"
they "assert the action relation of first and second persons"
they "disappear as feedback disappears"
> from James Moffett's Teaching the Universe of Discourse (1968)
> tagged with #conversation, #language
> created September 10, 2024 at 9:31:12 AM
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