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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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From thislist e get a glipse of the ide variety of possible uses of language, but before we survey these various uses, we must first distinguish between using language to do something and using language in doing something.
Q) What does "using language to do something and ... in doing something" mean? I don't know the difference between the two.
From thislist e get a glipse of the ide variety of possible uses of language, but before we survey these various uses, we must first distinguish between using language to do something and using language in doing something.
Q) What does "using language to do something and ... in doing something" mean? I don't know the difference between the two.
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Without some actual examples to illustrate, I find it quite hard to understand the point of the distinction. I suppose "using language to do something" implies that the use of language is the main means of achieving the end result, while "using language in doing something" would mean that the use of language is an incidental to the process? Does that fit with the context?
- Without some actual examples to illustrate, I find it quite hard to understand the point of the distinction.
- I suppose "using language to do something" implies that the use of language is the main means of achieving the end result, while "using language in doing something" would mean that the use of language is an incidental to the process?
- Does that fit with the context?
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Without some actual examples to illustrate, I find it quite hard to understand the point of the distinction. I suppose "using language to do something" implies that the use of language is the main means of achieving the end result, while "using language in doing something" would mean that the use of language is an incidental to the process? Does that fit with the context?
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