Early February 2000 found the WCENTER listserv abuzz with discussion of theory and practice.

Joan Hawthorne asserts: "Maybe the question is whether theory has kept up with practice."

Neal Lerner adds to this: "Perhaps what Arial was asking was why our practice doesn't quite keep up with our theory."

Robert Barnett adds: "I can't help but feel that too often our practice becomes corrupted by our theory."

Jo Tarvers responds

Nick Carbone offers explanations of North's work

Mickey Harris centers some of the conversation: "If we use language to talk about language, how does that work, in both practice and theory?"

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