To be Or Not: An E-prime AnthologyDelphus David Bourland, Paul Dennithorne Johnston |
Contents
Discovering EPrime | 3 |
Writing that Works | 21 |
Coping with Semantic Problems | 27 |
EPrime as a Tool for Critical Thinking | 101 |
A Short Story | 125 |
A NonAristotelian Paradigm | 135 |
Common terms and phrases
abstraction active actually appears Aristotelian aspects assumptions avoid basic becomes behavior Bramble characteristics complex consider consists contains critical David Bourland define definition describe discussion E-Prime effect effort English example experience express fact feel forces function give given grammar human identity important interesting involved John Korzybski label language least less linguistic living logic looks matter mean nature non-Aristotelian Note object paradigm passive patterns perhaps person possible practical predication premises present problems produce proposition questions reasons reference relation represents Sanity Science seems Semantics sentence simply sound speak speaking in E-Prime specific statements structure studies suggested symbolic theory thing thought tion translate understand University usually utterance verb voice writing written York