Re : Language makes the man

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 17/05/99 06:40:37  , vous avez =E9crit :

> Language can be used for that so well. Sort of like "1984" with Newspeak a=
nd
>  all. If people do not have a term for something, such as rebellion, then=20
how
>  can the plan it? Create a new word?=20
Concepts are expressed with morphemes (such as words or copulas or else, or=20
absence of morphemes (usual mark of nominative or masculine in English).The=20
concept of "rebellion" will make itself available in their mind and they wil=
l=20
express it by either creating a compound word or using a word with that=20
pecular meaning (think of the world "revolution" as a social phenomenon). Yo=
u=20
can never predict what concept a word will refer to in the future,=20
"=E9ventuellement" ;-).

Mathias