Friday, May 13, 2022

Linguistic contours

But remember that words are signals, counters.
        They are not immortal.
And it can happen - to use an image you'll understand -
    it can happen that a civilisation can be imprisoned in a linguistic contour
        which no longer matches the landscape of... fact.

                                                    Brian Friel, Translations

 

 

 

 

 

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