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(adjective) showing or pointing out directly / Deictic terms are words whose meaning shifts depending on the point of view of the speaker

163

in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself

—p.163 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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7 years, 5 months ago

in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself

—p.163 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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(noun) a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing / (noun) a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level / (noun) style of discourse; phraseology

163

in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself

—p.163 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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7 years, 5 months ago

in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself

—p.163 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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7 years, 5 months ago

the worship of words

166

the gaping trap of logolatry

quoting Goerlandt & Herman, from an essay on DFW

—p.166 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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7 years, 5 months ago

the gaping trap of logolatry

quoting Goerlandt & Herman, from an essay on DFW

—p.166 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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7 years, 5 months ago

(verb) to thrust out; extrude / (verb) to force or impose (as oneself or one's ideas) without warrant or request / (verb) to become unduly prominent or interfering; intrude

168

its notable absence of all forms of obtruding annotation

on PQ4 in Octet

—p.168 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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7 years, 5 months ago

its notable absence of all forms of obtruding annotation

on PQ4 in Octet

—p.168 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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7 years, 5 months ago

(adjective) biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style; incisive

172

an "irony-free" antidote to the mordant rut of the postmodern condition

on AA in IJ

—p.172 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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an "irony-free" antidote to the mordant rut of the postmodern condition

on AA in IJ

—p.172 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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(verb) to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause / (verb) to allege or assert in pleading / (verb) to declare positively

180

Wallace's narratives aver that a self-licensed ignorance of one's situation/condition can all too readily be transformed into a kind of moral oblivion

on Oblivion

—p.180 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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Wallace's narratives aver that a self-licensed ignorance of one's situation/condition can all too readily be transformed into a kind of moral oblivion

on Oblivion

—p.180 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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(adjective) of or relating to the married state; conjugal

181

the recent connubial tensions

on the story Oblivion

—p.181 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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the recent connubial tensions

on the story Oblivion

—p.181 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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(adjective) cut short; abbreviated / (adjective) marked by or exhibiting syncopation

182

syncopated by commas

on a passage in Oblivion with lots of commas

—p.182 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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syncopated by commas

on a passage in Oblivion with lots of commas

—p.182 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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(noun) abyss

183

emerging from the dark backward and abysm of the human mind

this line seems kinda ESL tbh

—p.183 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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emerging from the dark backward and abysm of the human mind

this line seems kinda ESL tbh

—p.183 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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7 years, 5 months ago

(adjective) marked by or given to censure; severely critical of others

184

censoriously loaded pun on the architectural term "banishment"

on Randall fantasizing about saving Audrey in Oblivion

—p.184 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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censoriously loaded pun on the architectural term "banishment"

on Randall fantasizing about saving Audrey in Oblivion

—p.184 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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7 years, 5 months ago