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Two Speculations About Language

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The two speculations about language are the appropriation of the theory of language holography. The appropriation might not be successful, though.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Xu et al. (1996, p. 215).

  2. 2.

    Cf. Foreign Language Research (1982, p. 44).

  3. 3.

    Foreign Language Research (1982, p. 5).

  4. 4.

    Foreign Language Research (1982, p. 44).

  5. 5.

    Chomsky (1986, p. 3).

  6. 6.

    Chomsky (1965, p. 6).

  7. 7.

    Wang and Yan (1995, pp. 150–151).

  8. 8.

    Wang and Yan (1995, p. 152).

  9. 9.

    Wang and Yan (1995, p. 221).

  10. 10.

    Wang and Yan (1995, p. 222).

  11. 11.

    July 5, 2002. See http://news.sohu.com/38/65/news202016538.shtml.

  12. 12.

    Qian (1990).

  13. 13.

    Wang and Yan (1995, p. 181).

  14. 14.

    Halle (1985).

  15. 15.

    Wang and Yan (1995, p. 338).

  16. 16.

    Zhang et al. (1988).

  17. 17.

    Yuan (1998).

  18. 18.

    Wang and Yan (1995, p. 170).

  19. 19.

    Balandin (1982, p. 22). Also cf. Wang and Yan (1995, p. 224).

  20. 20.

    Wang and Yan (1995, p. 224).

  21. 21.

    Wang and Yan (1995, pp. 157–161).

  22. 22.

    Wang and Yan (1995, p. 307).

  23. 23.

    See “A woman becomes a foreigner after one night’s sleep”. In Yangcheng Evening News, January 30, 1998, page 2.

  24. 24.

    The latest news to my knowledge is, an English woman suddenly could speak four languages after suffering aphasia for three months (June 21, 2020).

  25. 25.

    Zhao (1994, p. 188).

  26. 26.

    Cf. Wilson and Keil (1999, p. 115); John R. Searle, Computational Theory of Mind; Functionalism; Intentionality; Mental Representation (1980) Minds, Brains and Programs, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 3 (together with 27 peer commentaries and author’s reply).

  27. 27.

    Wilson and Keil (1999, p. 115).

  28. 28.

    Wilson and Keil (1999, p. 116).

  29. 29.

    Wilson and Keil (1999, p. 116).

  30. 30.

    Cf. Lakoff (1987).

  31. 31.

    Cf. Langacker (1987).

  32. 32.

    Cf. Zhang (1998, pp. 40–41).

  33. 33.

    Langton (1988).

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Qian, G. (2021). Two Speculations About Language. In: The Theory of Language Holography. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2039-3_9

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