Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 15:55:33 -0500
From: Ron Butters RonButters[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM
Subject: Re: one as a pronoun?
DL writes:
... words ... in the final analysis
are merely oscillations of molecules
in a sound medium or marks on
flattish surfaces
Another way of looking at it (which I prefer) is that "in the final
analysis" words are mental representations in the minds of speakers of a
language--representations that link sound, grammar, and meaning. Why
emphasize phonologgy/orthography and ignore morphology, syntax, and meaning?