The idea that gestalt is an esoteric word reserved for academia is belied by dictionary citation showing use of word in my sense by Pauline Kael, a writer famous for her vernacular style, writing in The New Yorker, a non-academic, popular magazine.
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You are reaching. No one who understands linguistics at all would accept this argument.
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No one who understands linguistics would accept the idea that academic words sometimes acquire a vernacular meaning? Really? Neo-liberalism is a hell of drug.
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I think that's the ideological animus guiding a lot of the bad faith arguments made here.
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Telling you that language shifts across contexts and that Pinker's book may not be the "go to source" is not reflective of ideological animus. Your use of "neoliberal" in this context, however. . . . . .
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I'm getting confused. That language shifts across context was my point. And would you deny you are a neoliberal?
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Would you deny that you are an asshole?
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No, not at all.
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Don't tarnish Winnie the Pooh with these ghouls.
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