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Re: Unambiguous languages (was: EU allumettes)

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Sunday, May 9, 2004, 12:20
At 21:46 8.5.2004, Ray Brown wrote:

>On Friday, May 7, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Mark P. Line wrote: >[snip] > >B. Philip Jonsson: >An unambiguous language would not be amenable to change, and since human >culture changes it would eventually be discarded. > > >What makes you say that an unambiguous language would not be amenable to >change?
Because ambiguity is what drives change in natural languages.
>Yes, indeed. Even to remain unambiguous it will need to change as human >knowledge & understanding develop. But once humans start using any such >language, it's bound surely to change - 'tis the nature of humans. A >language which didn't change would be well & truly dead IMHO.
Would there be any need to change or refine what is already unambiguous? /BP 8^) -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X) Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant! (Tacitus)

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