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Re: What is the meaning of a Case?
- To: B-GREEK@virginia.edu
- Subject: Re: What is the meaning of a Case?
- From: jjibben@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 00:22:36 EDT
- References: <33770ADC.4159@worldnet.att.net>
On Mon, 12 May 1997 12:19:40 +0000 Clayton Bartholomew writes:
>> A lexical form has no meaning without a context. The lexical form is a
key into
a domain (paradigm) of possible meanings. Until the lexical form appears
in a context, it is an uninstantiated variable, and it receives it's
instantiation from contextual information. Outside of the the context the
lexical form is only a key and is semantically empty.
That's what I should have told the officer when I ran that stop sign.
Sorry...couldnt resist.
Jeff Jibben
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