Editorial notes: The content below is Shai’s summary of “The Study of Language” (4th Edition) by George Yule[I]. Ch.3 THE SOUNDS OF LANGUAGE Phonetics = characteristics of speech sounds Articulatory phonetics = how speech sounds are made Vocal folds Voiceless = e.g. [s], [f], when they are open and air passes unimpeded Voiced = e.g. [z], [v], when they are drawn together...
Editorial notes: The content below is what looks like the beginning of a collection of quotes and thoughts gathered from Florian Coulmas’ [I] Writings Systems; an introduction to their linguistic analysis“[II]. Chapter 1 Aristotle “On Interpretation” : Words spoken are symbols of affections or impressions of the soul; written words are symbols of words spoken. And just as...
Among the perennial tasks involved in the maintenance and productivity of this (for want of a brief title) meta-journal are those related to transferring data from other sources to this location. I list the following in the format of check-boxes, despite perennial nature of these tasks, and that is due to what is mostly an aesthetic motivation, but that involves also a desire to incite activity...
Biography 1730-1788 (58) Born and studied (although without completing) university in Königsberg. Took a job with a friend (Berens), but failed at some mission, which after living a high life was left impoverished, alone and lonely. In this state, in a rented attic, depressed, he read the Bible and had a conversion. He returned to Berens, was forgiven but forbidden to marry Berens’...
Contents: Some scribblings Per IEP article. Per SEP article. Per NDPR: The Kantian Sublime and the Revelation of Freedom. Some Scribblings… It’s not a priori obvious why Kant should concern himself with beauty, especially not with the regard and the significance with which he describes it within his overall architectonic. There are of course historical reasons for his focus (esp...
Thomas Paine; a story Background, some of it relevant and some of it decorative: Paine was born in Norfolk 1737, as England was beginning its industrial revolution. He received basic schooling, but was forbidden to learn Latin by his father (curious “A.” because this is a bias he would hold onto, considering it a useless and wasteful effort, and “B.” because it suggests...
Editor Notes: Editorial notes: Shai’s interest in the French Revolution is likely driven by his study of classical philosophers and his desire to better understand the period in which they lived and the impact it might have had on their philosophical views. The specific reference to the French Revolution starts in his review of Edmund Burke’s “Philosophical Enquiry into the...
To you whom this concerns, I don’t know where to start. Which reminds me of how I began one of my journals. And so, to quote myself:* There’s something satisfyingly indulgent about copying words that had already been finished, but are being given a new meaning in a new context. So: Allow me to pause the proceedings – really no more than a preface, an elaborate digression into...
One of the first features to be observed is that I live in what appears to be a world of things. Everything is.
A fact easily denied in the world of post-modernity.
But I am. But is it fair to transcend from one thing to all things? And is it appropriate to assume that I am the only one, or that those like us are?
If then I conclude that there are things with different domains.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was born in Geneva. His mother died about a week after his birth, and after his father had to leave the country due to the risk of imprisonment, he was raised by an uncle. He abandoned his education as an engraver due to his bully employer, and at the mere age of 16, moved to France where he met the first major female figure in his life (Mme de Warens). He was...
