Re: Stonethrowing most compelling behaviour to create language

From: Aardvark J. Bandersnatch, MP, LP, BLT, ETC. (aardvark_at_anteater.net)
Date: 01/15/05 

Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 04:28:22 GMT

"Val Lentz" <vlentz@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> "Archimedes Plutonium" <a_plutonium@iw.net> wrote in message
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>> Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:35:38 GMT Val Lentz wrote:
>> (some snipping to save space)
>>
>> >
>> > Language contains grammer and syntax; you know, nouns, verbs etc.
> Language
>> > contains thousands of words. Humans, and possibly elephants, dolphins
> and
>> > whales, have language. Communication contains scents, posturing,
>> > noises
>> > etc. All animals have some form of communication. You are confusing
>> > language with communication.
>>
>> I am not satisfied with that sort of defining because communication is
> within
>> language, so can we have a satisfactory definition or concept of a
> behaviour if
>> one is a subset of the other? I do not think so.
>
> Language is a *system* of communication that has a *set of rules* to
> govern
> the combining of its components.

Component manipulation of symbols and symbol systems, which requires the
ability to perform mid- to high-level abstraction.

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