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?