Science-fiction Studies, Issue 1SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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... language that was " supercharged , high - voltage , " and he tried to create such a language in the writing of We . We is written in the form of a diary . It is true that D - 503 , the diarist , makes some conscientious attempts to ...
... language that was " supercharged , high - voltage , " and he tried to create such a language in the writing of We . We is written in the form of a diary . It is true that D - 503 , the diarist , makes some conscientious attempts to ...
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... language , or perhaps languages , for D - 503's diary is a theatre of linguistic conflict . His " orthodox " selfhood is expressed through a logical discourse , syllogistic in form and drawing repeatedly on mathematics , geometry , and ...
... language , or perhaps languages , for D - 503's diary is a theatre of linguistic conflict . His " orthodox " selfhood is expressed through a logical discourse , syllogistic in form and drawing repeatedly on mathematics , geometry , and ...
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semantic vacuum , for they are played with " natural language ” , which always has meanings oriented toward the world of real objects . Only with a language especially constructed to have no outward semantics , such as ' mathematics ...
semantic vacuum , for they are played with " natural language ” , which always has meanings oriented toward the world of real objects . Only with a language especially constructed to have no outward semantics , such as ' mathematics ...
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