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 [log in to unmask]