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Re: Logical?

From:And Rosta <a-rosta@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 12, 2002, 1:00
Jan van Steenbergen:
> It appears to me, that "meaning" is not just a set of fixed > milestones. Just like colours, all meanings seem to be part > of one big continuum, instead. Every culture, every language > picks its own points from that continuum and attaches names > to them in the form of words. > > In other words, whether or not two words can be considered > homonyms, is culturally determined. > > I'm wondering how loglangers handle this problem. Or don't > they consider this a problem at all?
I don't understand your point. Are you confusing homonyms (words with same sound & different meaning) with synonyms (words with different sound & same meaning)? --And.

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Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>