10-28-2004, 08:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-28-2004, 08:33 AM by [wcip]Angel.)
I have a new problem.
Quote from my essay:
"Kern continues his questionable choice of references when citing Haas(1989):
(…)many writers ‘get lost’ in the process when they are working exclusively online because of a difficulty to represent the overall structure and meaning of the text when viewing it on screen.
It is evident Kern “gets lost” himself, as this quote deals with online text, while Kern himself is discussing word processing in general. Although it’s reasonable to assume Haas was not familiar with the Internet in 1989, and thus “online” had another denotation at the time than it did in 2000, Kern does not quote Haas, but paraphrases his argument, using his own words concurrent with the year 2000, where the term “online” refers to the Internet, not the computer itself. Despite Kern applying it inappropriately, Haas’ argument itself is still sound. It is more difficult getting lost when working online, as the form of printed and word processed (offline) text is completely different from the online medium."
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We had a "work shop"-session in school yesterday where I presented some aspects of my essay, and my teacher informed me that, for this particular section, I needed to demonstrate what "online" meant in 1989.
Do you know of any dictionaries that backtrack in time for outdated definitions? I'm googling like a madman, but have not been able to come up with anything yet.
Quote from my essay:
"Kern continues his questionable choice of references when citing Haas(1989):
(…)many writers ‘get lost’ in the process when they are working exclusively online because of a difficulty to represent the overall structure and meaning of the text when viewing it on screen.
It is evident Kern “gets lost” himself, as this quote deals with online text, while Kern himself is discussing word processing in general. Although it’s reasonable to assume Haas was not familiar with the Internet in 1989, and thus “online” had another denotation at the time than it did in 2000, Kern does not quote Haas, but paraphrases his argument, using his own words concurrent with the year 2000, where the term “online” refers to the Internet, not the computer itself. Despite Kern applying it inappropriately, Haas’ argument itself is still sound. It is more difficult getting lost when working online, as the form of printed and word processed (offline) text is completely different from the online medium."
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We had a "work shop"-session in school yesterday where I presented some aspects of my essay, and my teacher informed me that, for this particular section, I needed to demonstrate what "online" meant in 1989.
Do you know of any dictionaries that backtrack in time for outdated definitions? I'm googling like a madman, but have not been able to come up with anything yet.
