Re: Visual and text languages

2011-03-09 Thread alex
Corrections... On 9 March 2011 10:37, alex a...@slab.org wrote: Artists often say they like Max and PD because they are visual. However you can put boxes where you like, it makes no difference because visual layout in these languages is entirely secondary syntax. I meant secondary notation

Re: Visual and text languages

2011-03-09 Thread alex
On 9 March 2011 13:31, Thomas Green green...@ntlworld.com wrote: I wonder whether the way that spoken English sometimes uses pitch and stress to emphasize particular parts of an utterance (No, it's MINE!) should be seen through the same spectacles? Of course, 'real' linguists have their terms