Truth and Linguistics
Dec. 10th, 2005 10:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kerravonsenInteresting quote from the book I'm currently reading(*):
Their [human] language is equally confusing. Who can believe what they say if every word has several meanings?
Which makes one wonder... for of course, in human languages, one can lie while telling the truth. Yet what a poor language it would be if words had only one meaning.
Does poetry lie in ambiguity? Or does poetry lie in ambiguity?
(*) "City of Pearl" by Karen Traviss
Their [human] language is equally confusing. Who can believe what they say if every word has several meanings?
Which makes one wonder... for of course, in human languages, one can lie while telling the truth. Yet what a poor language it would be if words had only one meaning.
Does poetry lie in ambiguity? Or does poetry lie in ambiguity?
(*) "City of Pearl" by Karen Traviss
