Tag Linguistics
Going through a pile of old stuff, I found a songbook that belonged to my great-grandmother. Not sure how she got it in the first place, but the very first song it lists is Jose Alfredo Jimenez’s, Ella. Now, to… Continue Reading →
Language is arbitrary. Language is domain specific. Language is over-valued. Basically, those three things sum up my entire stance towards language usage, both written and spoken. Furthermore, there is too little discussion about language as a code. What is taken… Continue Reading →
The other night at Wal-Mart, I was amazed by this little kid who talked hollered at his baby sister about being my way. He then turned to me and apologized, but with no hint of an accent. He was bilingual,… Continue Reading →
If you asked one hundred people who know me, I’m willing to place a large bet that you’ll get one hundred different answers. I guess it’s that way: people know each other through some role or another through which they… Continue Reading →
The first question is, what is cognition? Well, according to dictionary.com and its Wordnet entry, cognition is “the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.” According to the American Heritage entry on Dictionary.com, cognition is, “1. The mental process… Continue Reading →
