More on Form Consciousness

"Form consciousness, like everything else in language, is the product of social interaction with others (131)." Form is not a bad thing. It sometimes sounds hindering, limiting, or deterring from allowing students/people to do whatever they prefer...but forms are inherent to social interactions. I need to work with students on consolidating the permanence of forms with their preference for free-form. They can manage both well if they figure out how to manipulate language. I really like how Lindemann contextualizes the concept of form and empahsizes form consciousness rather than simply learning form.