Mind The Gap
Language. Huh. What is it good for? Why bother? I may as well post a blank page with no title and leave you to make up your own blog. Communication without prejudice. But words, sentences, meaning? Just a swirling magma of unanchored signifiers, an unasked-for dish of congealed opinions that serve to confuse as much as clarify. So what’s the point of this blog then, you may well ask. I do. Some years ago there was serious concern in certain linguistic quarters about…