Craig,

The scriptures were sacred texts for Augustine. Yet your use of the
words "for his time" and " we also no longer" excludes those who still
consider the Scriptures to be sacred texts.

Nonetheless, I concur that much of critical theory seems to privilege
a sign's relationship to a range of other signs to determine the value
of that single sign over the study of the rules for the formation of
grammatical sentences in a language.

Diane



On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 7:19 AM, Craig Hancock <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Diane,
>  For Augustine and for his time, the scriptures were sacred texts. We also
> no longer know how to value one text over another. It should be pointed out,
> too, that this critical theory tradition seems to have pulled us further
> away from syntax. For all the interest in theories about language, there
> seems to be little interest in the forms it takes.
>
> Craig

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