Denis Fodor ([log in to unmask]) wrote:


Deryk Barker:
>
>>Arguing that "organised sound" could cover language too is, IMHO,
>>mistaken.
>
>Language is to music as written language is to written music.  At the base
>of language are phones, a form of sound; at the base of music are notes, a
>form of sound.  Both forms are organized sound, as both are governed by
>sets of rules.  IMO.

Denis, we appear to be arguing at cross puproses. I am not saying that
"organised sound" doesn't describe spoken language, merely that it is
not a sufficient description.

Deryk Barker
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