CE Whitehead scripsit: > However, "le tresor de la langue francaise" online > (http://atilf.atilf.fr/tlf.htm) seems to largely agree with your > definition of "langue" -- as something pertaining to the "tongue" or to > things that remind one of a "tongue" (such as a "the tongue of a flame") Etymology is not a key to meaning. "Verbal communication" is communication in words, and although sign languages don't involve the tongue, they definitely have words. -- John Cowan cowan at ccil.org http://ccil.org/~cowan Nobody expects the RESTifarian Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise ... surprise and tedium ... tedium and surprise .... Our two weapons are tedium and surprise ... and ruthless disregard for unpleasant facts.... Our three weapons are tedium, surprise, and ruthless disregard ... and an almost fanatical devotion to Roy Fielding.... _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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