Re: Quasi-logographic

--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
wrote:

> suzmccarth wrote:
>
> > Back to Aksharas - here is Julia Kristeva in 'Language: the
> > Unknown'. 1989. "The terminology.. indicates that sound was
> > conceived of as matter that assured the reality of the vibration
> > that is the meaning of speech. Aksara, "syllable", comes from

the

> > religious text naksarati, 'that which does not leak' or

rather 'the

> > imperishable basis of discourse". The phoneme, varna, had in the
> > beginning the sense of 'coloration'". However, she mentions
> > that "Indian 'logic' also tackled the rules of linguistic
> > construction." An expanation for the term 'logical order' for
> > Chinese input?
>
> You're not saying that you take seriously _anything_ Kristeva

says??

Okay, there are twenty other defintions for akshara on the internet.
I'll find one that I like yet. I made a mistake there too. I meant
that the word 'logical' order is used for Indian input in phonetic
order. The connection of logic to input order may come from Indian
theory about language. I don't think I need Kristeva to find that
out.

Suzanne

> Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...