Meaning in Language (099)

The history of thoughts is an old story, one we all

have been following for a long time. Thoughts go on

forever and are more than just their content and

meaning. They share a common nature, and that

nature can be seen and looked at in itself. Our

thoughts often end up in sentences and words. What

makes sentences work is that words have gaps

between them, an ocean of emptiness in which words

float.

 

The arrangement of letters in single words is fixed,

but the arrangement of words in a sentence is not.

The placement of words, one up against another,

creates meaning. Arranging words carefully alters

meaning and involves the clash and friction of

consonants, and the smooth ease of vowels. This is

why spoken poetry is so powerful. A simple

rearrangement of words on the page changes the

 

meaning.