Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Definitions, part 5: The "Language"

[ ]The "official" definition of the "Language" is:

[ ]"The 'Language' is the 'release' of an inexpressible (or difficult to express) meaning through its conversion into a superexpressive Structure."

[ ]There is something you cannot easily express. You let it go by using a superexpressive Structure.

[ ]And what, pray, is a "superexpressive Structure"?

[ ]A moan is a subexpressive Structure. A basic sound that passes on a simple meaning.

[ ]The phrase: "I'm in pain!" is a standard expressive Structure. A Structure made with certain rules and mechanisms (of grammar and syntax), able to express a multitude of meanings.

[ ]A superexpressive Structure is needed when the meanings are too complicated and/or their "flow" in someone's mind is too great and the need to express them is too pressing for one to have the leisure to give them form with proper grammar and syntax.
[ ]A sound that would express the pain someone is feeling, along with the reason for it and some philosophical thoughts about the nature of pain would constitute a superexpressive Structure.


[ ]The "song" of the whales, a sound supposedly conveying lots of information about the creature at once, could be described as a superexpressive Structure.

[ ]Also, below is the clip from a performance of the singer Savvina Yannatou.
I would describe it as: "The 'Language' sung."

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My thanks to CrazyMalkavian

2 comments:

Άβατον said...

Υπάρχει συγκεκριμένος λόγος που το blog σου είναι στην Αγγλική ή απλά προέκυψε;
Ρωτώ διότι, το google translator είτε το έχεις για να μεταφράσει Αγγλικά είτε Ελληνικά, θα έλεγα πως κατά κάποιο τρόπο λειτουργεί πάνω στο κείμενο αυτολεξεί με συνέπεια το αποτέλεσμα να μην είναι ιδιαίτερα κολακευτικό. :)

Screaming Rambler said...

Ο λόγος είναι πολύ απλός. Αυτό θέλω να είναι το "Παγκόσμιο" blog μου. Είναι στ' αγγλικά για να μπορεί να το διαβάσει όσο το δυνατόν περισσότερος κόσμος.
Το μεταφραστή τον έχω για "τα χοντρά", για να πάρουν μια ιδέα όσοι δεν ξέρουν τόσο καλά αγγλικά.
Γι' αυτό και δεν έχω μετάφραση μόνο στα ελληνικά...

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