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Re: **odd Question** How Does Your Language Handle Logical Statements?(repost) by absoluteSuccess: 11:35am On Oct 12, 2015 |
LordBabs: We are faring fair on this semantic frontline o, my prof. |
Re: **odd Question** How Does Your Language Handle Logical Statements?(repost) by musicwriter(m): 12:04pm On Oct 12, 2015 |
RandomAfricanAm: Ok, but the OP got it a bit confusing. He/she should've just said SEMANTICS instead of that long post. Just few days ago I was thinking about the semantics of the word "bitter leaf" which is called "olugbo" in Igbo language. literately, translates: Olu (that bitters) + gbo (from early) or just early. The semantics includes the following:- 1. bitter from early. 2. bitter from creation. 3. Forever bitter. 4. Always bitter. 5. Bitter from the beginning. So, when I compared the logic of the meaning in my Igbo language I found out it had more intuitive meaning than in English. But, then I was hit with a moral question. Isn't it arrogant for one to think his/her language is better than others in this regard?. Won't every other civilization claim theirs is better?. This's just one of the many reasons we Africans should make a U-turn and pay more attention to the development of our native African languages, cause everything we do in English language, including on this forum is advancing English language to the detriment of our native languages. I have been looking for Igbo keyboard, Yoruba keyboard, Hausa keyboard, e.t.c for the past 2 years. Nobody knows where I could buy one, because we've killed our native languages by ourselves. We Africans seems to be fine tuned for eternal foolishness; scholars, intellectuals, educationists, presidents, ministers, governors, everybody. But, I won't be part of that. At the end of the day, English people believes their language is superior to ours. I escalated this post on my blog. Anybody interested in reading more should see Intellectual slavery, the worst legacy of colonialism http://www.africason.com/2015/10/intellectual-slavery-most-dangerous.html 2 Likes |
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