Just a code
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:59 am
Standard English is not a language at all but merely a much simpler communication object, i.e. a code.
Do you agree?
Do you agree?
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Is it?lolwhites wrote:I was taught in my Linguistics class that language is a code.
Standard English is a dialect. Where do you get these ridiculous quotes from.Standard English is not a language at all but merely a much simpler communication object, i.e. a code.
Do you agree?
They's everywhere.Stephen Jones wrote:Standard English is a dialect. Where do you get these ridiculous quotes from.Standard English is not a language at all but merely a much simpler communication object, i.e. a code.
Do you agree?
So, is Morse Code a code of a code?lolwhites wrote:Sure. It's a collection of sounds/symbols that represent information, right? And you have to know the system to get at the information. Sounds like a code to me, just not a secret one. My lecturers always used the term "code" in their definitions of language.
metal56 wrote:Standard English is not a language at all but merely a much simpler communication object, i.e. a code.
I suppose you could put it like that, though it would probably be more accurately be described as a cipher since the dots and dashes substitute individual letters.So, is Morse Code a code of a code?
Why would it mean that?Miss Elenious wrote:metal56 wrote:Standard English is not a language at all but merely a much simpler communication object, i.e. a code.
Do you mean that Standard English does not exist? Oh my God!
Why would it mean that?[/quote]Do you mean that Standard English does not exist? Oh my God!
Miss Elenious wrote:
Is there only a[/i] Standard English or maybe we should speak of several Standard Englishes? Does Standard English cover all native speakers, educated or not?