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Article #6402Re: Syntax vs Semantics (silliness!)
From: Marc `Play Ball!' Sabatella
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1989 15:47
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1989 15:47
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>I'm not even real sure of the *informal* English distinction between >"syntax" and "semantics". > >How do you linguistics people use these words? One of my pet peeves is when two people are arguing over some fine distinction is the the exact meaning of a word, and one will exclaim, "That's just semantics". I always wondered what it is that this person thinks is more high-level than semantics, and what he would call it.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcdc!marc From: marc@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Marc `Play Ball!' Sabatella) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Syntax vs Semantics (silliness!) Message-ID: <5160016@hpfcdc.HP.COM> Date: 11 Apr 89 15:47:02 GMT References: <7708@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co. Lines: 9