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I thought it was an easy question ... (feddit.org)

submitted 7 months ago by Jakylla to c/linguistics_humor

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That definition could apply to a whole sentence (or novel), or a sound like "pfft." Or it could be an initialism, a movie rating, or an analyzed string of DNA. All these and more are letters arranged in a way as to convey thought.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

An analyzed string of DNA is letters arranged to convey a living creature; not a thought. 😌

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah, well that explains away one of the examples... You must be right! (I'd argue that the analysis of DNA is a thought/type of understanding, rather than the essence of a living thing, but that quickly gets towards another linguistic argument of Sausserian structuralism vs post structuralism.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm not taking any of this seriously, but if others want to continue taking it that way I'll play along :p