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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Non-Fiction, Semiology, Semiotics  11 Comments

November 1, 2019August 14, 2019

How Language Began – Daniel Everett

Daniel Everett’s ‘How Language Began’ might as well be called ‘why Chomsky is wrong.’ It’s also a very compelling argument.

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Essays, Literary Criticism, Literary Semiotcs, Semiotics  0 Comments

March 8, 2019November 30, 2018

Interpretation and Overinterpretation – Umberto Eco

Are all interpretations created equal? Some would say so, and some would test the idea further.

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Conspiracy, Fiction, Semiology, Semiotics, Whodunit  0 Comments

August 17, 2018June 23, 2018

The Seventh function of Language – Laurent Binet

Were you ever reading a Dan Brown novel and thought to yourself “If only this weren’t so terribly stupid. If only this were pretentious”. I have just the book for you.

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