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Page 3 of 11 < 1 2 3 4 5 ... 10 11 > Go to page... Topic Options #212151 - 08/14/13 06:19 PM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: jenny jenny] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 And there's no correlation between the sound and the thing being referred to. Top #212157 - 08/14/13 11:15 PM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: Faldage] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7210 Loc: Vermont Originally Posted By: Faldage And there's no correlation between the sound and the thing being referred to. onomatopoeia? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #212160 - 08/15/13 06:38 AM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: jenny jenny] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 Even that is subject to the phonemics of a given language. Here is a compendium of dog barks in different languages. Top #212162 - 08/15/13 10:16 AM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: jenny jenny] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7210 Loc: Vermont Fascinating! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #212174 - 08/16/13 02:30 PM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi So as this board now turns, we agree that "words" have no intrinsic relationship to the object or the non-objects they represent, therefore "words" have no meaning; words only have a function, namely -- the transfer of thoughts between human beings and other human beings and to dogs and monkeys and maybe, but not likely, to cats. Right? Top #212178 - 08/16/13 05:36 PM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: Faldage] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Originally Posted By: Faldage Even that is subject to the phonemics of a given language. Here is a compendium of dog barks in different languages. Great! Very amusing this dog-bark list. Thank you Faldage! Interesting detail: only English and Dutch have the sound of very small dogs included (yip-yip and kef-kef). Basque language is uniquely having a sound of old dogs included (jau-jau). Great list! Everything has the meaning one is willing or capable of to give to it, I think. Top #212183 - 08/16/13 09:49 PM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: BranShea] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass I think that we can all agree that when we use a word, it means just what we choose it to mean — neither more nor less. Top #212185 - 08/17/13 07:32 AM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: jenny jenny] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 And there's whole lists of words we pay extra. Top #212186 - 08/17/13 08:33 AM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: tsuwm] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Quote: I think that we can all agree that when we use a word, it means just what we choose it to mean — neither more nor less. Yes, tsuwm, but usually when we choose a word we choose to have it understood by whomever it is we are to speak, otherwise, why speak? The salient question is: Where and how is a word physically stored in the brain where it waits unobtrusively for our request for retrieval? Top #212188 - 08/17/13 10:05 AM Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? [Re: jenny jenny] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7210 Loc: Vermont > usually when we choose a word we choose to have it understood by whomever it is we are to speak, otherwise, why speak? Oh, I think there are a lot of people who speak only to hear themselves. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top Page 3 of 11 < 1 2 3 4 5 ... 10 11 > Go to page... 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