has so many meanings and comes in so many avatars. I believe Maya Angelou (my role model and fave writer) give the best definition of love ever:
"I use the word love, no meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and that which causes the blood to flow orderly in our veins."
Monday, September 23, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Semantics...
A word that has been bothering me for some time now, simply because it can cause huge misunderstandings.
Today I finally decided to check it out.
Semantics appears in linguistics and logic, and is basically concerned with meaning. So we have--
Lexical semantics which deals with the study of meaning and is concerned with the analysis of the meanings of words, changes in meaning and in the principles that govern the relationship between sentences or words and their meanings
and
Logical semantics which is the study of interpretations of a formal theory, that is, a study of principles that determine the truth or falsehood of sentences in the theory, or of references of its terms, signs, or symbols; and matters such as presupposition and implication.
Point to remember: Be careful with words - they too have a life!!
Today I finally decided to check it out.
Semantics appears in linguistics and logic, and is basically concerned with meaning. So we have--
Lexical semantics which deals with the study of meaning and is concerned with the analysis of the meanings of words, changes in meaning and in the principles that govern the relationship between sentences or words and their meanings
and
Logical semantics which is the study of interpretations of a formal theory, that is, a study of principles that determine the truth or falsehood of sentences in the theory, or of references of its terms, signs, or symbols; and matters such as presupposition and implication.
Point to remember: Be careful with words - they too have a life!!
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Two beautifully evocative phrases...
from Robin Rice's http://bewhoyouare.com/be-who-you-are-with-robin-rice/the-barn-dance
The story is titled The Barn Dance
Talking about a phenomenally gifted violin player who was torn between playing what was in her soul, 'wishing that the smallest bit of her own special laughter and her own little tears could find expression,' on her grandfather's fiddle, and being part of an orchestra that offered audiences beautiful music but to which she could never give the music in her soul. And she says as the years went by in this struggle between her soul music and orchestral music, 'her sorrow caused her blood to feel as though it moved through her veins as thick as pulled taffy.'
And the second is the words Rice uses to describe and old woman's eyes - they were 'like sapphires drenched in light.'
The story is titled The Barn Dance
Talking about a phenomenally gifted violin player who was torn between playing what was in her soul, 'wishing that the smallest bit of her own special laughter and her own little tears could find expression,' on her grandfather's fiddle, and being part of an orchestra that offered audiences beautiful music but to which she could never give the music in her soul. And she says as the years went by in this struggle between her soul music and orchestral music, 'her sorrow caused her blood to feel as though it moved through her veins as thick as pulled taffy.'
And the second is the words Rice uses to describe and old woman's eyes - they were 'like sapphires drenched in light.'
I got this word...
from the OED Online Word of the Day
ego-surf
It means to search on the Internet for mentions of one's own name or the name of one's business, website, etc.
ego-surf
It means to search on the Internet for mentions of one's own name or the name of one's business, website, etc.
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