CeJ jannuzi at gmail.com
CB:But they changed qualitatively when they became alphabetic and no
longer pictographic. There was a revolution in their descent when
they shifted to alphabetic. They qualitatively shifted from iconic to
arbitrary representation.
I doubt if they ever were truly
CB:But they changed qualitatively when they became alphabetic and no
longer pictographic. There was a revolution in their descent when
they shifted to alphabetic. They qualitatively shifted from iconic to
arbitrary representation.
I doubt if they ever were truly iconic. In the shift to represent
CeJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/25/2008 8:38 PM
CB: My thought is that there was an arbitrary connecting between g
and the thing,
Certainly not iconic, but not entirely arbitrary, but rather
'motivated' by human psychology (hence the use of a velar for much of
the same purpose across cultures and
CB: My thought is that there was an arbitrary connecting between g and the
thing,
Certainly not iconic, but not entirely arbitrary, but rather
'motivated' by human psychology (hence the use of a velar for much of
the same purpose across cultures and languages).
CB: I don't have a feeling that
