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Re: SURVEY: Idiomatic Expressions In Your ConLang Or ConCulture

From:Shreyas Sampat <ssampat@...>
Date:Saturday, November 19, 2005, 0:37
veritosproject@gmail.com wrote:

>Watch my reply-to. > >Any use of "it's not clear" is an idiom. The clarity (as in >opaqueness) of the object is not in question--it's the >understandability. > >--Niilamusi naalinjas > >
Er. That statement seems to make the erroneous assumption that "clear" means strictly "non-opaque" as opposed to "understandable". Polysemy != idiom. -- The "Million Style Manual" is a set of sixty-four jade stones marked with pieces of Chinese characters. It expresses the kung fu of the void, as taught by P'an Ku's axe. Shreyas Sampat http://njyar.blogspot.com

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