Volume 1,
Number 2 Special Issue
The Game of References and Academic Joy
Guest Editor: François Tochon
To be or not to be referenced?, queries Marcel Danesi in the introductory essay of this
volume. This volume explores the issues of referencing and being
references — an issue integral to academia — from a semiotic
perspective. Danesi writes:
...[T]he studies collected by Tochon give us a
truly meaningful glimpse into the game that we all play, allowing
us to reflect on the legitimacy and validity of its rules. ... The
message that runs throughout the analogy is rather clear: reliance
on the system of referencing is leading to the opposite of the
effect it was probably meant to have; namely, to encourage new
thinking on the basis of older thinking.
The 15 essays reflect on referencing as both growth
producing and growth inhibiting and raise issues central to the
purpose and use of references.
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ISSN# 1488-0733
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