Brin: Language
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 3:00 PM, KZK wrote: >> I'd like to hear Dr. Brin's thoughts on this: >> http://edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html > >> He touched on the concept in some of the Uplift Novels, where galactic >> languages have generally been constructed in a way that eliminates >> metaphor. >I don't recall that.. and it would have struck me, I would have thought, >since it seems impossible to have language without metaphor. It's almost >not language unless there's metaphor. I'm not checking my books, but I'm pretty sure it was Uplift War. In fact it was a running theme in that novel as one of the ET's kept commenting on how strange it was how us wolflings used metaphor constantly. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin: Language
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 3:00 PM, KZK wrote: > I'd like to hear Dr. Brin's thoughts on this: > http://edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html > > He touched on the concept in some of the Uplift Novels, where galactic > languages have generally been constructed in a way that eliminates > metaphore. I don't recall that.. and it would have struck me, I would have thought, since it seems impossible to have language without metaphor. It's almost not language unless there's metaphor. Nick ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin: Language
Fascinating! I'll use the Mandarin /time part in my current novel. From: KZK To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:00:34 PM Subject: Brin: Language I'd like to hear Dr. Brin's thoughts on this: http://edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html He touched on the concept in some of the Uplift Novels, where galactic languages have generally been constructed in a way that eliminates metaphore. Also I would like to know how it plays into Dr. Brin's 5 Dominate world Meme's theory. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Brin: Language
I'd like to hear Dr. Brin's thoughts on this: http://edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html He touched on the concept in some of the Uplift Novels, where galactic languages have generally been constructed in a way that eliminates metaphore. Also I would like to know how it plays into Dr. Brin's 5 Dominate world Meme's theory. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
