Re: The Myth of Arbitrariness


benlizross wrote:
> No, I do not agree with you. Arbitrariness is not "so-called", it's not
> "reluctantly accepted", and it's not a "mystery". And you still have not
> succeeded in giving the slightest clue as to what you might imagine as a
> "solution".


Afraid you seem not to have understood my point. I am not offering a
"solution" here but questioning the validity of arbitrariness which has
been naively taken so far at face value. It is simply not convincing.
In addition there is no need for a solution. What we need is a new
interdisciplinary approach to language. We still don't understand much
(many unresolved linguistic issues exist because they are seen from a
pure linguistic point of view) to make black and white statements and I
am well aware of the difficulties involved in this matter. Now it is
time people from other disciplines joined such discussions to gain more
insight.

.

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