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metal56
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by metal56 » 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?
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by lolwhites » Sun May 27, 2007 9:28 am
I was taught in my Linguistics class that language is a code.
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by metal56 » Sun May 27, 2007 1:19 pm
lolwhites wrote:I was taught in my Linguistics class that language is a code.
Is it?
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by lolwhites » Sun May 27, 2007 1:57 pm
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.
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by Stephen Jones » Sun May 27, 2007 2:38 pm
Standard English is not a language at all but merely a much simpler communication object, i.e. a code.
Do you agree?
Standard English is a dialect. Where do you get these ridiculous quotes from.
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metal56
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by metal56 » Sun May 27, 2007 4:55 pm
Stephen Jones wrote:Standard English is not a language at all but merely a much simpler communication object, i.e. a code.
Do you agree?
Standard English is a dialect. Where do you get these ridiculous quotes from.
They's everywhere.
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metal56
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by metal56 » Sun May 27, 2007 4:57 pm
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.
So, is Morse Code a code of a code?
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by Miss Elenious » Sun May 27, 2007 5:26 pm
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!
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by lolwhites » Sun May 27, 2007 6:26 pm
So, is Morse Code a code of 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.
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by metal56 » Sun May 27, 2007 10:50 pm
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?
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by Miss Elenious » Mon May 28, 2007 6:46 am
Do you mean that Standard English does not exist? Oh my God!
Why would it mean that?[/quote]
Is there only a[/i] Standard English or maybe we should speak of several Standard English
es? Does Standard English cover all native speakers, educated or not?
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by metal56 » Mon May 28, 2007 7:42 am
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?
There are quite a few Standard Englishes, yes. Standard English/es is/are known, though not used, by the majority of native English speakers.