If Aristotle had spoken Chinese or Dakota, his logic and his categories would have been different. – Fritz Mauthner
Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others. If this be true it is obvious that second-rate… Read More
Reading Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar has been a dense pleasure. I am currently reading part of it in a volume edited by Dirk Geeraerts called Cognitive Linguistics: Basic Readings (Mouton de Gruyter). Consider these… Read More
I am rereading a book that I have been rereading on a consistent basis for the last twelve years, this time I am thinking more about consciousness than I have in previous readings;… Read More
Ronald Langacker is considered one of the founding fathers of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise, his seminal work in Cognitive Grammar has influenced pretty much everyone who does anything at all in Cognitive Linguistics.… Read More
This comes from the introduction to a book edited by Dirk Geeraerts: If conceptual perspectivization is the central function of a grammar, the typical formal categories of grammatical description (like word classes or… Read More
“No poem is intended for the reader, no picture for the beholder, no symphony for the listener. Is translation meant for readers who do not want to understand the original?” – Walter Benjamin.… Read More
This quote is about how to achieve a natural translation. ‘And again,’ went on Claudius, ‘have your French composed by a Frenchman. You gentlemen may pride yourselves on writing good French, grammatical French,… Read More
This is part two of Cognitive Mindfulness #9, and continues the Evans & Green passage. “The difference between the domains of TIME and SPACE is that while TIME has the property of progression,… Read More
This passage covers a discussion of the conceptual domains of space and time while introducing the quantities of each domain and their instantiation in reality. I like this passage because it differentiates basic… Read More
Today’s quote comes from one of my favorite books about architectural design, Archetypes In Architecture. The book explores the functional grounding of the major elements of architecture. “Shared experiences, like symbolic meanings, are… Read More
Take this advice from Jack London: “When a man journeys into a far country, he must be prepared to forget many of the things he has learned, and to acquire such customs as… Read More
On Beauty: “It is much harder to study the psychology of aesthetic pleasure in reference to fine art. Many artists, aestheticians, and philosophers who have tried to do so have not gone very… Read More
A quote from one of my favorite books… “The universe is a living, creative, experimenting experience of discovering what’s possible at all levels of scale, from microbe to cosmos.” “Life’s natural tendency is… Read More
“…perceptual symbols are multi-modal, drawing information from different sensory-perceptual and introspective (subjective) input ‘streams’.” [241, Evans & Green]
“If Aristotle had spoken Chinese or Dakota, his logic and his categories would have been different.” – Fritz Mauthner
