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Davkett Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Absolute meaning

0 May I ask for your views on the CONTEXT ISSUE in thread "Spray"? 02br
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00The specific contextual examples I offered could probably be picked apart. But does their possible inadequacy change the validity of the point: there is no such thing as a sentence that has an absolute meaning, unaffected by context? 0-
  

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0You can link by typing 00THE POST/THREAD NUMBER HERE00, Dave. Be sure to leave no spaces between the brackets and 'post' and '/post'. 02br 02br 0-

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0You can link by typing 00THE POST/THREAD NUMBER HERE00, Dave. Be sure to leave no spaces between the brackets and 'post' and '/post'. 02br
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0Oh, I forgot to give my opinion. Context probably affects the meaning of almost all sentences. 02br
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00And this thread should probably just zip right over to Linguistics Discussion. 0-
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0 Thanks, Mr. Micawber. I'm not sure, though, how to translate your instruction. Where do I find 'post/thread number'? 02br
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00Also, as a new member, I haven't even explored this Linguistics forum yet. I'm sure that will keep me glued to the site even more. 02br
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00How does one 'zip [a post] right over to Linguistic Discussion'? 0
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0 Hello davkett, Mister Micawber. 02br
00I'm interested in these kinds of questions, in a way, so please let me cut into the line. 02br
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00I've just read through the [Spray] thread. The first thing I thought was this kind of verb phrases, that is [spray the wall with paint], has a specific difficulty in the first place. (Umm.. doesn't it..?) 02br
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0Dave, the post number appears at the end of the http address in your browser bar when your browser is on the thread you wish to link to. It reads: " 05100 ". Use the number '108727' and place it between the 00 and 00 HTTP codes. Then you would produce a link to the 'Spray' thread, like this: 05002br
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00Sorry, you won't be able to move
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0 Hi everyone. I'm afraid what I wrote is obscure. Just a few more words. 02br
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00I think this kind of verb phrases, [spray the wall with paint], is a little bit specific. 02br
00(1) We can spray the wall with paint, endlessly. 02br
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... there is no such thing as a sentence that has an absolute meaning, unaffected by context ...
I wonder if this isn't trivially true. What would the arguments against it be? A sentence with an absolute meaning, presumably. But who has put forward such a sentence? Can there be any? Does a sentence like Two plus two equals four qualify as a sentence with a
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On Google there is currently a link entitled "http://time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1687526,00.html?imw=Y". I took this to mean "Why Oprah is declining to help Obama", but when you read the article you realise what was meant was "Why Oprah's help won't do Obama any good".
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