Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 09:53:24 -0500 (EST)
From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us>
Subject: Re:  Re: Chomsky on A16 Anarchists...




On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 SReidTweed-AT-aol.com wrote:

> 
> Yes, of course. Pilots are the intended audience for "Stick and Rudder." 
> Linguists are the intended audience for "Syntactic Structures." Children are 
> the intended audience for "The Butter Battle Book." Etc. 
> 
> << weren't we only discussing one kind of writing? >>
> 
> Chomsky has written a *lot* of books on a variety of topics. Naturally the 
> style varies from book to book.

Ah, but "Stick and Rudder" also applies to the *student* of flying, the
admirer of flying, and the potential flyer.  That signifies, as dk notes,
that the writers ARE getting their messages across to all levels of the
target strata. I've got two degrees, one with an area of concentration in
political science and the other a degree in teaching Social Studies to
high school/middle school kids and I think Chomsky drives away the
enquiring mind.  Hell, he bores me to tears and I am a voracious reader.
So if his target is the academia, he succeeds, but he ain't winning no
recruits to the revolution out on the street.


carp