Dear Klaus,
Thank you for your email, I am not sure whether to reply off list or on
list, as I (due to my short period in the list) cannot judge the
relevance of this subject to other readers.
My research's starting point in the work of Prof. Andy Dong. In my
answer I will try to follow his terms and descriptions.
" The cognitive capacity for language (aka Linguistic competence )
remains one of the most contested theories of human development. a key
question is whether language is innate in the sense of Universal
Grammar (UG) shared by all humans, suggesting that UG is encoded
genetically, or whether language is purely an empirically evolved
(human) phenomenon. In the one camp are the so-called Linguistic
Nativists, starting with Noam Chomsky and more recently Steven Pinker
with his book The Language Instinct. In the other camp are the
empiricists , most forcefully argued by Geofrey Sampson and his response
to Pinker's Book specifically and Nativism broadly, in his book The
Language instinct debate." Dong (2009, p.175-6)
This paragraph is the reasoning behind my choice of words.
I do not understand your use of the verb 'to abstract' in your question.
I am not sure I am the authority to decide or indicate what is ordinary
linguistic practices are.
I myself am more inclined towards Pinker concept of 'Mentalese' which
suggest a strong link between the structure of language and the
structure of thought.
Josef Greenberg together (if i may use this term) with Roman Jakobson
pioneered the field of Universal Linguistics and mass comparison of
languages. I believe Greenberg's Universal Patterns can suggest,
metaphorically speaking, a thing or two about design.
Through abductive reasoning I am working and creating a description of
Design (or maybe better term is Design Competence) along the approach
taken by Pinker. I am interested in putting the relationship between
design and language into a serious debate by making a small first step.
David
source:
Dong A.(2009) the language of design. Springer-verlag Ltd. London
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Yoad David Luxembourg
Designing the intangible,
Design Metaphysics
On 1-6-2013 21:34, Klaus Krippendorff wrote:
> joad,
> i am not sure what you mean by nativist perspectives when you cite linguists who deliberately abstract from ordinary linguistic practices.
> klaus
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 1, 2013, at 2:09 PM, "Yoad David Luxembourg" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> As a part of my PhD investigations I am abductively constructing design according to nativist point of view of language/linguistics. This is done in order to examine the relationship between the human capacity of design and of language and open it for debate. My position is based substantially on Andy Dongs work – (2009) The Language of Design. Springer- Verlag Ltd., London. I am interested to know about any projects, articles and essays that connect between design and the works of Chomsky (UG, GG) Pinker (linguistic nativism – as argued in his book 'The Language Instinct') and the field of universal linguistics (pioneers by Josef Greenberg).
>>
>> I know this maybe tough to understand, I am having hard time trying to explain this project in the most short and concise method. If something remains unclear please mail me personally and I will try and elaborate on my work.
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> +++
>> Yoad David Luxembourg
>>
>> Designing the Intangible,
>> Design Metaphysics
>>
>> www.yoad.info
>>
>>
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