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Ep. 290: Susanne Langer on Our Symbol-Making Nature (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Development of Language

In chapter five, more and more vocables are needed to modify the original expression. The grammatical structure evolves by emendation of an ambiguous expression. A little further down, at first, modifiers and identifiers follow the crucial word that expresse the required predication. But when the speaker is fully aware of the context and the need of stating it, then speech is full fledged.

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