On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 04:11:54 -0500, Jan Depner wrote: > > Sorry for my ignorance -- but is there someone who can present me > > the german term for "affordance"? The web-dicts I searched, don't > > know this word -- and the wikipedia entry doesn't give me any clue > > about the german word (though I understand the concept). > > The problem is that it's not a word. Your understanding of it is > probably the best definition there is ;-)
I have to disagree with this - it may not be a german word, but it certainly is an English one - its been in consistant use in scientific literature for ~30 years. (UK) English is defined by usage - not a canonical dictionary, so it is a word. - Steve
