Talk:Metalanguage
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149.167.148.77 18:34, 21 November 2006 (UTC)Metalanguage recently survived vfd. See: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Ah Liveto Domun, etc. -- Wile E. Heresiarch 16:31, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Just noticed the link to Michael Reddy is about a football player. I am a little suspicious that the same person is also a linguist. 66.153.117.118 22:09, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Strange stuff
"Reddy estimates that fully 70% of the language we use to talk about the English language is based on this metaphor. While recognizing the prominence of this metaphor, Reddy is deeply troubled by it. He thinks of it as erroneous, misleading, and dehumanizing."
WTF?? There should be some type of reference for these bizarre facts. Crakkpot 10:46, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Copyediting
I did a lot of copyediting on this article. With no insult intended, here are some tips to the original writer, whoever they might be:
- Don't capitalize something unless it's a proper name or is typically capitalized in other modern writing. In particular, capitalizing Important Concepts is not standard writing, and will lead to incorrect links to other articles. Deco 03:31, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- You must leave a blank line between paragraphs in wiki syntax, or else they will run together into a single paragraph.
- Omit needless words. If you can rearrange how you say something to say it in half as many words, do so — it saves the reader time and makes the writing more forceful.
- Spellcheckers are your friend.
I hope this helps, if you read it. I agree with most of the people on VfD who said this article describes a notable concept. Deco 03:31, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Bad link
in section called "Role in metaphor" Michael Reddy is said to have proven something in 1979 but the link given leads to a football player born in 1980. I am new to wikipedia and I dont know how to fix the problem myself.
[edit] Can this be cleared up and clarified perhaps with a glossary and more examples?
This seems to the layperson very hard to understand. Can someone please clarify with a re-working, plus some real life examples? thankyou. 149.167.148.77 18:34, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
