At 02:50 PM 11/04/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>What I'm quoting is the Sapir-Whorf theory and
its
>extensions (by Barthes) to "discourses". Advertising,
for
>example, functions strictly within a
discourse.
Yes, your "up-state" label was another excellent
example.
> Language is as fragmented as the world
itself.
Sure, but it is all we have (if we include music,
mathematics, art as language) to do our collective
thinking.
>Unity of any sort is an illusion.
Including our agreement on this point.
Best Kerry
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