>Dear Candice,
>
>If there were no foundational logical structure to language,
>irrespective of any language, then what on earth is logic?
Tell us first what it is on YOUR planet, Daniel.
>This is what I mean by logical grammar.
If you were familiar with some of the centuries of thought
and writing that many smart Earthlings have devoted to logic
and to grammar, you'd know that "logical grammar" is itself a
redundancy. All grammars are logical insofar as each is the
logic of a language. Some languages are more logical than others,
in grammatical terms, or they seem so to non-native speakers at
least. The subject/verb nonagreement of Spanish grammar, for
example, happens to irritate the hell out of me.
But enough. You are spinning theories out of the air instead of
educating yourself in the work of serious theoreticians, and I'm
too old to enjoy this sort of sophomoric babble. I'm off to read
what promises to be a very interesting and well-informed post by
Christopher Kelen.
Oh, and by the way, if anyone's interested in participating in
an MLA panel on punctuation at next December's meetings in New
Orleans, there's a call for papers--details available back-
channel.
Candice
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