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Author(s) -
Cynthia Long Westfall
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1051900403
Subject(s) - lungfish , biology , citation , zoology , evolutionary biology , library science , fish <actinopterygii> , computer science , fishery
This paper was given on April 1, 2008 as part of my installation ceremony into the position of Assistant Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College. My installation address was delivered with passion, laughter, and even some tears. In contrast, papers in journals, and for that matter, papers written for academic courses, are traditionally presented in the third person with an impersonal register as if they have a broad, almost universal context and were written with consummate objectivity. However, this address was subjective, embedded in a network of time, relationships, events, and experiences. I was tempted to remove some of the more personal history and remarks to render the article “more appropriate” for a journal. However, studies in linguistics have convincingly demonstrated to me that words have meaning in context, and the context of this article drove the content and contributes to its meaning without a doubt.1