How might we describe our civilization--indeed, how might we describe our very psyches--to visitors from another planet?
Reflect that, in our civilization, the subject/predicate formulation is the basis of how we view the
world. The way we organize knowledge and understanding of
the world is built right into our grammar: subject/predicate: something doing
something. We organize knowledge like
this at all levels or scales.
Level or Scale
|
Something
|
Doing Something
|
Sentence
|
Subject
|
Predicate
|
Paragraph
|
Topic
Topic Sentence
|
Points about the topic
Supporting Sentences
|
Essay
|
Thesis (subject or proposition)
|
Main points (paragraphs)
|
Book
|
Thesis (subject or proposition)
|
Main points (chapters)
|
We put our finger on something, and we say something about it. Any questions?
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