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Re: How to minimize "words" (was "Re: isolating conlangs")

From:<morphemeaddict@...>
Date:Sunday, February 25, 2007, 21:31
In a message dated 2/25/2007 3:00:51 PM Central Standard Time,
dedalvs@GMAIL.COM writes:


> The whole point was that "character" doesn't equal the Western > notion of "word"--right. The next question, then, is whether or > not there exists a separate notion of "word", and, if it does, is it > as important as our poorly defined notion of "word", or is the > notion of the "character" more important? >
I think you misunderstand. "Word" is not poorly defined; it's one of the words that can't be defined using simpler words. It's one of the NSM base words. "Character" is not a base word, nor is anything else to do with writing. stevo

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David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>