It's doing things with words. — Banno
Yeah, I don't agree. Communication has information at one end and more or less the same information at the other end. Language, on the other hand, builds or constructs or sets up information.Language... is a medium of communication. — T Clark
Then why would it be redundant to tell me, "It is raining", when I'm looking outside at it raining? — Harry Hindu
But if I was a native english speaker it would be redundant and what you mean by "explaining to me how to make use" is explaining what the auditory symbols refer to, which arent just other sounds, but the actual thing you're taking about.Perhaps, you not being a native speaker of English, I am explaining to you how to make use of "It's raining". — Banno
But if I was a native english speaker — Harry Hindu
Language, on the other hand, builds or constructs or sets up information. — Banno
I've never seen language build, construct, or set up a damn thing. — Bitter Crank
How is explaining how to make use of something not moving information from one head to another?Perhaps, you not being a native speaker of English, I am explaining to you how to make use of "It's raining".
Which fits in exactly with the OP. It's what we do that counts, not the information involved. — Banno
And I asked what you were doing if not referring to states-of-affairs with sounds and scribbles.Hence, it is what we are doing that counts, not the information involved. — Banno
How is explaining how to make use of something not moving information from one head to another? — Harry Hindu
And I asked what you were doing if not referring to states-of-affairs with sounds and scribbles. — Harry Hindu
Well, "moved" would be the wrong word. The information is still in your head. It didn't leave your head and get moved to the listener. "Copied" is the proper term to use. Information about how to use certain sounds is copied from one head to another.What moved? — Banno
Who said all states-of-affairs were nouns?As if language were all nouns. — Banno
I often wondered: why do people enjoy arguing with obvious morons? Morons are incorrigible, and all arguments to give them insight fail. What's the point? — god must be atheist
Surely the former is a subset of the latter. — StreetlightX
What sort of things can be moved? How about all of the things that have a spatiotemporal location? — creativesoul
What sort of things can be moved? How about all of the things that have a spatiotemporal location? — creativesoul
No, information does not travel through the air. If it did we’d know every language just by hearing it. First we must have the tools to decipher the language. We know the meaning by learning the meaning. — NOS4A2
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