<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 9:52 AM, SuStel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sustel@trimboli.name" target="_blank">sustel@trimboli.name</a>></span> wrote:<br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div class="m_-4652790559434593405moz-cite-prefix"></div>
<p><i>A <b>mut</b> is not a thing capable of using language. Its
members are, but it is not. It is an abstraction.</i></p></div></blockquote><div>I see your point, but I respectfully disagree. Metaphorically, we treat groups as possessing the attributes of language users all the time. </div><div><br></div><div> The Borg Collective express outrage at latest Star Trek film.<br><br>Barbers Union presses for more Bolians in new Trek series.<br><br>Readers of Schoen's fiction ask if elephants can really talk.<br><br>Translate any of the above or similar statements into Klingon and the group is clearly understood to be made up of language users and no one would blink twice at the figurative use of extending that attribute to the group.</div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="times new roman, serif" style="font-size:13px">Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen :: </font><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'times new roman',serif">author :: publisher ::</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'times new roman',serif"> psychologist </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'times new roman',serif">:: hypnotist ::</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'times new roman',serif"> klingonist</span><br></div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'times new roman',serif">:::: Campbell, Hugo, Nebula, & WSFS Award nominee </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'times new roman',serif">::::: Cóyotl Award winner ::::</span><div style="font-size:small"><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:'times new roman',serif"> </span><font face="times new roman, serif"><a href="http://www.lawrencemschoen.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.lawrencemschoen.com</a> ::: <a href="http://www.papergolem.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.papergolem.com</a> ::: <a href="http://www.hypnosis4writers.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.hypnosis4writers.com</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B_GP_9nB_N_KeU1aOEtWTERObVE&export=download"><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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