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Either language expresses reality, or it becomes something else. Yes, meanings of utterances can change in the sense that in the sign "woman", the signifier can
by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
Either language expresses reality, or it becomes something else. Yes, meanings of utterances can change in the sense that in the sign "woman", the signifier can remain fixed while the signified changes. So what? That's banal. The gender position is not a mere question of signifier/signified correspondence shifting.
And that language changes doesn't mean all changes are equally good. When language loses its grip on reality, we've lost. We've become Orwellian.