A Science Of Human Language - Part #9
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 15:56
in Psychology & Sociology
A Science Of Human Language - Part #9 This series, which commenced here, is about quistic grammar, a semantic grammar. It is called quistic grammar because it is based on the notion that all ideas can be reduced to simple questions, or the equivalent: simple statements which answer simple questions. It is a grammar in which semantics - the meaning conveyed - is given primacy over syntax - the rules of word and sentence modification. The semantic component of language is, I suggest, coded in mental models: neural structures which we manipulate and which we compare to external realities in order to plan our actions. read more
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