Skip to main content

January 5, 1932

 

Our search for the perfect cat quotation takes us to Umberto Eco's treatise--The Search for the Perfect Language (1995). Since Umberto Eco was born on January 5, 1932, today we will quote his example of the difference between the purely analytical (which I think means relying on books) and the extra-linguistic. "'A tiger is a feline animal' would be analytical, so uniquely depending on our rigorously organized dictionary competence (which is exclusively linguistic) while 'tigers are man-eaters' would depend on our extra-linguistical world knowledge."

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Always lovable from au Carole Bayer Sager [mangy cat ref]

http://nickanvil.blogspot.com/ [][]][[[[] You're Moving out Today - YouTube https://www.youtube.com › watch Lyrics I stayed out late one night and you moved in I didn't mind 'cause of the state you were in May I remind you that it's been a year since then Today the landlady, she said to me (what did she say?)… Full lyrics Source: Musixmatch Lyrics: You're Moving Out… Carole Bayer Sager - Smule Smule https://www.smule.com › song › arrangement You're Moving Out Today by Carole Bayer Sager - Karaoke Lyrics on Smule. | Smule Social Singing Karaoke app. ... Your mangy cat away. Your baby fat away
Post a Comment
Read more