Blog #2
Prompt:After reading the Introduction from The Curious Researcher, answer the following questions. How does language affect the construction of meaning? What is "formal" writing? How do you know? Who gets to say what "proper" language is? Why are such rules (un)important?

Response:
Language affects the construction of meaning in many ways. For starts, the situation that the language is used would affect how the meaning is absorbed. A word used in a conversation with friends might have a different  connotation then if it was used in a conversation with a college professor. Formal writing is presenting a work that most resembles who we are and not the person that we think we should represent when writing a research paper. It means using language that we use on a daily basis and not words that we would most likely not use. This is formal writing because formal means to present yourself as you, not pretending to be anybody else.

Proper writing is determined by whoever will be reading your writing, In students' cases, it would be the professors that they have at that moment. For the cases of professional writers or bloggers, it would be their audience and whoever reads and critiques their works. Such rules are important because it can help to prevent anyone from being offended. But at the same time, these rules can be a hindrance because it makes the writer formulate their works on what their audience would like to here rather than what they would like to write.