I see this the same way. Words do have meaning, but only
because people agree that they do.
Dear Tim,
And that's what Mark Foster meant by a 'social contract.' However, in
my experience each individual tends to use terminology in ways that
are often specific to them. So when analyzing a
On 7/24/06, Tim Nolan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Susan,
Words in and of themselves have no instinsic meaning; they are just
sounds.
Yes. I think the book Finnegans Wake is a good example of this.
But isn't it possible to dismiss Finnegans Wake as a special case? I
mean, most people who
