Comments for Parentheses http://jgibbs.wordpress.com "ad se ipsum" (to himself) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Unique? by jsumner http://jgibbs.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/unique/#comment-6 jsumner Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:27:43 +0000 http://jgibbs.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-6 "Language is a societal construct which only functions inasmuch as people share similar experiences. Words only have meaning in relation to other words within each system and are nothing more than meaningless symbols (auditory or visual) which are part of a huge web of meaning." What about the differences between denotation and connotation? Certainly, you must concede that words, phrase (whole poems no doubt) carry with them certain memories or cognitive associations for a particular person at a particular time. Without the prior experience which that individual has had, however, the word will signify perhaps in a denotative way, but even that doesn't happen necessarily. I see what you're attempting to get at, but aggregate groups like generations, leagues, etc. seem not to flow from nature, but rather are themselves a web or game like words under which we can denotatively collect things which are similar, yet distinct. Right? “Language is a societal construct which only functions inasmuch as people share similar experiences. Words only have meaning in relation to other words within each system and are nothing more than meaningless symbols (auditory or visual) which are part of a huge web of meaning.”

What about the differences between denotation and connotation? Certainly, you must concede that words, phrase (whole poems no doubt) carry with them certain memories or cognitive associations for a particular person at a particular time. Without the prior experience which that individual has had, however, the word will signify perhaps in a denotative way, but even that doesn’t happen necessarily. I see what you’re attempting to get at, but aggregate groups like generations, leagues, etc. seem not to flow from nature, but rather are themselves a web or game like words under which we can denotatively collect things which are similar, yet distinct. Right?

]]> Comment on About by hannah gibbs http://jgibbs.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2 hannah gibbs Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:45:38 +0000 #comment-2 I agree-poets are unhappy! It is frustrating to read poetry because everybody makes up their own version. I agree-poets are unhappy! It is frustrating to read poetry because everybody makes up their own version.

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