13.0474 conventions? formal methods/scientific practice?

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Date: Thu Mar 09 2000 - 08:03:33 CUT

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       [1] From: Einat Amitay <einat@ics.mq.edu.au> (20)
             Subject: about conventions, norms, traditions, patterns and
                     rules....

       [2] From: Richard Giordano <Richard_Giordano@brown.edu> (4)
             Subject: Formal methods and experimental practice.

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             Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 07:49:34 +0000
             From: Einat Amitay <einat@ics.mq.edu.au>
             Subject: about conventions, norms, traditions, patterns and rules....

    Hi all,

    I am looking for references and would like to ask for your help.

    For my thesis I'm trying to collect as many citations as possible that relate
    to convention, norm, tradition, patterns and rules and where these apply to
    language and social behaviour. The main idea behind what I do is that people
    follow conventions in language even when the form or genre of the language is
    very recent (web - hypertext).

    So far I have quite a nice collection ranging from Saussure to Gideon Toury,
    Vygotsky to Lawrence Lessig, Josh Cohen to Itamar Even-Zohar, etc. (I know
    some ideas are considered -- historically -- greater than others - but I do
    want a good range of fields, interests and opinions). I would consider ANY
    citation, even remotely related, and will post a summary back to the list
    after putting them all together.

    Thanks for your help
    +:o)
    einat 

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         Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 07:50:07 +0000
         From: Richard Giordano <Richard_Giordano@brown.edu>
         Subject: Formal methods and experimental practice.

    Is there a difference between a formal method and a structured method?
Are the use of structured methods more appropriate in this regard?
Why is scientific investigation privileged?  Are methods of design and
investigation in technology as appropriate as science?

    /rich

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