The Organization of Discourse:  Theory & Application

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PART    1.      The Semantic Triangle:
                       Osggod/Bloom/Swedenborg
PART    2.      Topical Systems:
                       Quadrangular expansion/Open cube/Hexagram propositions/
                       The IS page for comprehension
                       Biographical Topics/Topic Intersections
PART    3.      Comprehensive Discourse Analysis
                       The Ennead Matris/Uses in Education/Uses in Clinical/
                       Community Psychology/Uses in Library and Information
                       Science/Uses in Bible Exegesis.
 

                                        PART 1
 The Semantic Triangle

1.1 Osgood's Semantic Space
        -       Zipf's law
        -       Semantic differential
                graphic differencies
                instrument
                EPA & Darwin
                uses
                Perspective Differences
        -       League's cube of words
                semantic satiation
                Morris
                Evaluation Assertion Analysis
              (congruity) (semantics of politics)

1.2.    Bloom's Semantic Taxonomy
        -       Cognitive Domain
        -       Affective
        -       Singer's Psychomotor Domain
        -       Asher's   TPR
1.3.      Swedenborg's Degrees of Existence
        -       Height of existence
        -       Breadth of existence
 

                                        PART 2

 Topical Systems

2.1 Quadrangular expansions
        -       the contention point & its triangular resolution
        -       the quadrangular area of "field"
        -       the six sub-areas or "contention points"
        -       the eight directions of each sub-area or "themes"
        -       the 64 topical zones or "issues" and "disciplines"

2.2     The Open Cube
        -       the organization of an area of knowledge
        -       the cataloguing of knowledge

2.3     Hexagram Propositions
        -       the color code system
        -       color wisdom: an intelligent machine language
        -       the gene of intellect
        -       applications to social psychology the DPA Classification scheme
        -       psycholinguistics (workbook)
        -       ethnosemantics (workbook)
        -       a social psychological theory of action & its touchonomic organization
        -       the Glossary Chart
        -       ESL & language development (Alberta) (article & WORKSHOP)

2.4 The IS page

        -       the secret code abstract (rational sociology)
        -       the instructional sequence page
        -       the outline of a book (Goffman) (Hatch & Long)
        -       the handout for a lecture (Psychology 222)

2.5 Biogrophical Topics

        -       interior dialog (DRA transcript annotations)
        -       microdescriptions (PMNS)
        -       interactive discourse
        -       adjacency pair
        -       winding down to zero
        -       relationship episodes:  Winskowsk & transcript analysis
        -       lifestyle topics with huddle-buddy -- food behavior (AHL)
        -       I  Ching prognostications
        -       dinner table talk (Psychology 222 annotations)

2.6     Topical Intersections

        -       Ven Diagrams and topic searches (Dialog)
        -       Bibliographic & topic domains networking ( Nahl)
        -       Trace-a- Topic Literature Searches (Nahl - Psychology 222)
 

                                       PART 3

 Comprehensive Discourse Analysis

3.1 The Ennead Matrix
             -    externalization of discourse
             -    internalization of discourse
             -    marginals and boxes

3.2   Uses in Education
             -    course topics
             -    social psychology - Krupat, Meyer
             -    statistics - Fergeson, Weldovics
             -    experimental: learning & motivation (Hilgard & B.)
             -    colloquia lectures
             -    political science - Dean, Dator
             -    psychology - Kratalwill
             -    library – Haak
             -    linguistics (Labov)
             -    research area
             -    ESL: Brown Bag (2)
             -    Quebec
             -    Psycholinguistics - Kates
             -    Educational Research Agenda (HERA)

3.3 Uses in Clinical/Community Psychology

              -    psychotherapy talk (HPA)
              -    speech acts (Labor & Faushel)
              -    driving error analysis
              -    self-growth: the threefold self

3.4 Uses in Library & Information Science
              -    literature survey: the graphic matrix (Nahl)
              -    error analysis in search behavior (Psychology 222)
              -    library skills taxonomy: research
              -    library techonics or "graphic stacks"

3.5  Uses in Bible Exegesis
              -    spiritual psychobiology
              -    Christology, everyday living1 theology
              -    Correspondences
              -    religious behaviorism
              -    elevated discourse
              -    prayer=asking
              -    speaking in tongues
              -    heresy
              -    Trinity
              -    Rabbinical Discourse- OPAL 2ORAH (Talmud/Mishnah/Hagadah)
              -    Jewish Mysticism, (Kabbalah/Baal Shem Tob)
              -    sermons
              -    Jewish Church
              -    Old Christian Church
              -    New Christian Church


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