18-07-2026, 04:00 AM
(18-07-2026, 03:42 AM)rikforto Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I have not received a defintion of "meaning" that works for both positions
(16-07-2026, 10:48 PM)Jorge_Stolfi Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The meaning of a symbol, a hanzi, a string of written letters, a diagram etc. is whatever the person who looks at it thinks it mean. The meaning of a spoken word, alarm, clap, whistle, etc is whatever the person who hears it thinks it mean.
[quote"rikforto" pid='88037' dateline='1784342557']Formally, you never concluded if the words could be recovered or not. [/quote]
(17-07-2026, 11:24 AM)Jorge_Stolfi Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.There is no way to know what the languages spoken in 300 BCE sounded like.