Erin Wilkinson wrote:
>According to Birketon, he said that language was intended to represent
>the symbolic images in our minds, then the second level in the process
>of language's function is to stimulate communication.
>
Yes, I understand this hypothesis.
>I think Dan(?) Birketon's point is very interesting because he
>argues that humans symbolize everything (like metalanguage) before
>the physical and more concrete forms develop which reflects upon
>our communication systems.
And I get this bit too.
> So, hymophonys probably are the results
>of major and massive fusion of morphological and phonological changes,
>but the bottom line according to Birketon's Roots of Language, it does
>not matter because we still can separate them among our ability to
>symbolize and distinguish them.
But I've read and re-read this bit and I'm afraid I still don't know what it
means. I'm interested now, and I don't wish to be rude (but I shall be anyway),
but could someone please explain this in English?! (I am not conversant in
linguistese)
>
Thanks.
Shiona M Watson
Acton, Ontario
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