[lbo-talk] Caudwell on on language's inability to reflect the changing nature of reality

[Carrol Cox]

Linguistic change and "being in touch with reality" are rather distinct
concerns. Worse, the phrase "being in touch with reality" belongs in nursery
babble rather than serious conversation among adults (educated or
uneducated).

Carroil

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changing nature of reality

The language of the educated becomes rather bloodless and, in its
highfalutin ways, barbaric. Nobody said it better than Dante in De Vulgaria.

Joanna 

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On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:33 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: 


> Possibly true about Hegel. 
> 
> The other thing to keep in mind is that the vernacular changes extremely
fast. Print has slowed down the rate of change, but it's still changing
every day. What doesn't change as quickly is the language of the educated:
the hochsprache of each country. That's one reason why intellectuals might
notice that language gets more out of touch with reality. 
> 

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How does language get out of touch with reality? 

E. 

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