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Richard,<br>
Your second question is a very good one, and I would like to give you
my opinion. I'm sending this to the list because we all have an
investment in this issue, and I'd be interested to hear what others
might have to say on this matter.<br>
First, I think that if you err on this issue, you should err on the
side of caution and professional courtesy.<br>
How you deal with this may depend on the nature of the information that
you want to cite. But it is important to keep in mind that an email
discussion list like Nahuat-l is a very informal venue. In general,
when you draw from other people's ideas that are expressed in such a
venue, I think it is a good policy to be generous and positive. What I
mean by that is that you should not attack or criticize ideas that you
may disagree with. That is to say, that you should only use things that
are helpful to you in a positive way and ignore ideas or arguments with
which you may disagree. I'm not saying this because I don't like good
natured debate. Sometimes in published articles you see people develop
a critique in a kind of negative dialogue with someone else's work.
Even when you take this approach with published sources, you need to be
very careful, because in some cases I think that it merely masks the
fact that the critic doesn't have an argument of his or her own. And
you also run the risk of falling into a strawman argument. But
sometimes the issue is such that this approach is useful and perhaps
even necessary. Email discussions, however, are much more informal than
published articles. The whole point is to have a dialogue in which
ideas can be bounced around and discussed in an open way. So, at least
for me, I wouldn't necessarily want anybody to hold me to something
that I wrote on this list. I often put stuff out there in an explicitly
hypothetical way, because that kind of thing can be very productive in
the kind of dialogue that often goes on here. So, I think it would be
kind of unfair to write up and publish--whether that be an article, a
Masters thesis, or whatever--a critique of an argument or idea
presented on an email list unless the person who sent out the message
consents.<br>
For the same reason, even when you want to use a specific idea or
argument that appeared on the list with which you agree, I think it is
always a good policy to ask the person about it. This will help you
avoid misrepresentation. Let's say, for example, that you agree with
someone's argument or position on something discussed on the list, but
the person who originally articulated that argument no longer agrees
with it. In such a case, you should probably still give credit to the
person in a more general way that does not misrepresent that person's
current position on the matter. In such a case, a footnoted explanation
might be useful.<br>
And I do think this kind of request should be made directly to the
person rather than publicly on the list.<br>
Maybe this is more detail than you were looking for, but I think this
kind of thing is important, especially since I have probably said a lot
of really dumb things on this list :-). Good luck with your thesis.<br>
Galen <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
rick dosan wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid20040703164229.81826.qmail@web90003.mail.scd.yahoo.com">
<div>I was wondering if there is any difference between ineua and
inehua (with h). And if it's in Karttunen's Dictionary, where is it?
because I didn´t find it. Is its root eua? And what is the sense that
connects its two meanings "dar un mal golpe" (miss a blow) and "estar
poseído por el demonio" (Be possessed by the devil).</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I have a different kind of question, too. </div>
<div>Some of the questions I ask are related to my masters thesis.
And I wanted to know what is the normal practice for citing (quoting-
" ") here on the list. Can we freely cite what is said? Should we ask
permission each time we want to cite something? If we want to ask
permission, should we ask it publicly, or directly to the person who we
want to cite?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thank you.</div>
<div>Richard</div>
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