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Presentations and Powerpoints Specific to General Semantics: (available in .PPT or .PDF formats) Basic Understandings (PPT) or PDF 8-slide overview of key principles related to Time-binding, Scientific Approach, Abstracting, Verbal Awareness, and Sensory Awareness. Epistemology and Fundamental Principles of GS (PPT) or PDF 10 slides that establish a theoretical context for GS and describe 4 fundamental principles on which the system is based. Workshop for AP English Teachers (PPT) or PDF September 2006 workshop presented to Advanced Placement English teachers from the Birdville Independent School District near Fort Worth. 18 slides that focus on GS applications to writing. The Language of Awareness (PPT) or PDF Originally developed for a September 2000 presentation to the Language Resource Center at Notre Dame University, these 21 slides provide a comprehensive summary of the principles with additional detail. Application Topics from Spring 2008: (available in .PPT or .PDF formats) Genres: Is Shania Twain really "country"? (PPT w/embedded media) or PDF "Genre" is another label for a class, category, type, kind, etc. Examining how students organize their music can help them understand the natural arbitrariness that goes with any classification method. Even within the world of academe. Is 'Perception' really 'Reality'? (PPT) or PDF With an understanding of the abstracting process, this lesson debunks the conventional aphorism. That some people confuse their perceptions as 'reality' doesn't make it so. Maslow's Pyramid and Abstracting Process (PPT) or PDF Maslow's observations and theories about self-actualizing behavior compare favorably to we describe as an extensional (self-aware) orientation. F*CK: A Documentary (PPT w/embedded media) or PDF Sometimes we can learn a lot about our general attitudes by examining the extremes. This lesson was used as prelude to viewing about half of Steve Anderson's documentary F*CK. (Click here for a few 1-2 minute clips.) Public Relations? Or Propaganda? (PPT) or PDF Nobody majors in "Propaganda." But what's the difference? This presentation documents an unlikely proponent of the P-word. Response Side Semantics (PPT) or PDF Discussed after reading my article of the same name. How much emphasis do we put on the response/reaction side of the communicative process, vs. the supply/sender side? The Last Class: Reminders (PPT w/embedded media) or PDF From the last class, a multi-metaphor tour de force across the semester.

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