Re: Idiomatic Language
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 1, 2004, 23:17 |
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On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 05:07:01PM -0500, Douglas Koller, Latin & French wrote:
> Aloyen writes:
>
> >I was contemplating a language that was completely made of idioms and
> >metaphors.
> >
> >Has anyone else ever walked down that path with their language?
>
> I don't see how, as metaphors and idioms refer obliquely to other
> things, which means you have to know what the other things are.
[snip]
The culture could provide the context for knowing what these other things
are. E.g., the language of the "children of Tama" (StarTrek).
T
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