Let me present to you that there are two ways to use language. The first is a descriptive manner wherein language functions to depict or represent things as they are or have been. Through this function, you need to accurately articulate the world as it is. Descriptive language is used to look back, identify trends, and to predict what will happen.
If you intend to go around New York City without a map and you ask a New Yorker how to get around, then you will be able to find descriptive language to be useful. If you do not have a menu and you ask your waiter about the food they are offering, the waiter will use descriptive language. How would you feel if your surgeon cannot describe to you the procedure that he would perform on you, wouldn’t you feel insecure about the skills of this doctor? Descriptive language has its limits. You cannot create something new by merely describing what was and what is. If you use descriptive language to talk about the future, you are limited to predictions based on past cycles and current realities (Zaffron & Logan, 2009).
A future-based language represents another function. This kind of language is also called as generative language. This kind of language has the power to create new futures, to craft vision, and to eliminate the blinders that are preventing people from seeing new possibilities.
Let me present to you that there are two ways to use language. The first is a descriptive manner wherein language functions to depict or represent things as they are or have been. Through this function, you need to accurately articulate the world as it is. Descriptive language is used to look back, identify trends, and to predict what will happen.
If you intend to go around New York City without a map and you ask a New Yorker how to get around, then you will be able to find descriptive language to be useful. If you do not have a menu and you ask your waiter about the food they are offering, the waiter will use descriptive language. How would you feel if your surgeon cannot describe to you the procedure that he would perform on you, wouldn’t you feel insecure about the skills of this doctor?
Descriptive language has its limits. You cannot create something new by merely describing what was and what is. If you use descriptive language to talk about the future, you are limited to predictions based on past cycles and current realities (Zaffron & Logan, 2009). A future-based language represents another function. This kind of language is also called as generative language. This kind of language has the power to create new futures, to craft vision, and to eliminate the blinders that are preventing people from seeing new possibilities.
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