Explain how the definitions changed over time. Are there uses for the word left” that we use less now or are archaic and not used at all? Explain.
Are there expressions or phrases that use the word left’ that we no longer commonly use or more commonly use now? Explain.
Can you detect in the dictionary entry on ‘left’ how the term acquired its political usage? How do you understand its political usage?
Does your understanding coincide with the dictionary definition or does it vary in some way? Explain.
Now transition to the word -right.” Locate within the same scholarly dictionary the number of definitions for the word “right” and its varying pads of speech
Paraphrase the different definitions and explain how the definitions changed over time. Are there uses for the word “right’ that we use less now or are archaic and not used at all? Explain.
Are there expressions or phrases that use the word ‘right’ that we no longer commonly use or more commonly use now? Explain.
Can you detect in the dictionary entry on ‘right’ how the term acquired its political usage? How do you understand its political usage? Does your understanding coincide with the dictionary definition or does it vary in some way? Explain.
To conclude your analysis. reflect on the exercise of conducting this research. what you leamed about language. its variations, and its arbitrary relationship to the physical world.
Discuss the problems of using words to express ideas rather than to identify objects in the world. Did left’ or ‘right” vary in its usage over time to identify hands. feet. directions? Did their definitions and usages vary over time to identify ideas?
Why is there more variety and therefore less consistency in our understanding and using terms that identify ideas more so than objects? Explain.
In the process of this assignment. what have you learned about words and their relationship to ideas and understanding or misunderstanding?
In your assessment. why do we misunderstand one another more than we understand? Finally. why does this problem with language and understanding complicate our efforts at persuasion