Halloween WW - Costume Party (Game Thread) - Page 97

Bulletproof Monk · #**961** 10-23-2007, 04:32 PM

what is meaning really in this crazy mixed up world

metsandfinsfan · #**962** 10-23-2007, 04:34 PM

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what is meaning really in this crazy mixed up world

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In linguistics, meaning is the content carried by the words or signs exchanged by people when communicating through language. Restated, the communication of meaning is the purpose and function of language. A communicated meaning will (more or less accurately) replicate between individuals either a direct perception or some sentient derivation thereof. Meanings may take many forms, such as evoking a certain idea, or denoting a certain real-world entity. Linguistic meaning is studied in philosophy and semiotics, and especially in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, logic, and communication theory. Fields like sociolinguistics tend to be more interested in non-linguistic meanings. Linguistics lends itself to the study of linguistic meaning in the fields of semantics (which studies conventional meanings and how they are assembled) and pragmatics (which studies in how language is used by individuals). Literary theory, critical theory, and some branches of psychoanalysis are also involved in the discussion of meaning. Legal scholars and practitioners have discussed the nature of meaning of statutes, precedents and contracts since Roman law. However, this division of labor is not absolute, and each field depends to some extent upon the others.

Questions about how words and other symbols mean anything, and what it means that something is meaningful, are pivotal to an understanding of language. Since humans are in part characterized by their sophisticated ability to use language, it has also been seen as an essential subject to explore in order to understand human experience.

antidan444 · #**963** 10-23-2007, 04:38 PM

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I'm going to bed, I've read all the posts and I still don't know what to think. lynch someone wolfy.

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roundtower was an awesome awesome wolf in the usg game

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The difference between this game and that game, is in that game, he actually gave some reads d1 (Mark/Nez wolves, DMK/Dustin/Mets villagers). I wouldn't expect wolf RT to just say "I don't know".

Bulletproof Monk · #**964** 10-23-2007, 04:39 PM

tl;dr mets

HerbieGRD · #**965** 10-23-2007, 05:05 PM

Wow no posts in 25 minutes wtf?

VoraciousReader · #**966** 10-23-2007, 05:08 PM

antidan:

-acts like he knows herbie is a villager

-retracted his villager read on me at his earliest opportunity when it looked like I could be lynched.

-has filled the thread with as many posts as he possibly could (witness, he is OBVIOUSLY reading and answering post by post)

STILL VOTING ANTIDAN

Nez477 · #**967** 10-23-2007, 05:15 PM

Wow, I'm in a much better mood now

My company kept going crazy about this Locktober fest we were going to have today, blah blah blah

I went down there and there were tons of fresh sausages and sauerkraut with German beers... so now I have a smoked sausage with sauerkraut, mustard, and horseradish on a bun with some sort of pastry and a beer

At 4 o'clock

As I work

ok

I'm good now

I'm still not a wolf though

chuckleslovakian · #**968** 10-23-2007, 05:18 PM

God [censored] damn it I am going to [censored] FC Jessica before GH3. I have to stop choking on [censored] retarded parts soon

Bulletproof Monk · #**969** 10-23-2007, 05:34 PM

antidan is an awesome lynch btw

Bulletproof Monk · #**970** 10-23-2007, 05:34 PM

(srsly)

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