[PW] Re: Talk about talk

[Michael Hart]

Language has about as much to do with thought
as metaphysics has to do with physics. . . .

Metalinguistics is in about the same boat,
but perhaps this time with one oar. . . .

"Trying to express ideas with words is
like trying to build trees from/with lumber."

Mr. Catanga, from California

WILL AM radio, just before 11AM, 10/29





On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, sylvia ryals wrote:

> When I was in school in the late 70's, the ability to
> talk about language was called *metalinguistics* in
> the courses I took.  Looking for a definition of
> metalinguistics online recently, I found  identical
> meaningless definitions from several sources.
> However, I want to suggest the idea that "talk about
> talk" might be found in the category of linguistics.
>
> Sylvia Ryals
>
> Best to you!
> Sylvia
>
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