I couldn't, frankly, care less, about how you use the word "gestalt," given it's an esoteric word w/o fine grained encoded meaning for many speakers. If one combs through this ridiculous, but at times interesting, thread, you will not find a single instance of me policing usage.
I mean, obviously experts play a big role in settling questions of semantics & specialized usage, but actual linguistic creativity is shared by experts and non-experts alike. That's all I was trying to say.
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The fact that you think you would even have to argue this point kind of highlights how out of depth you are in this conversation, to be frank. No linguist polices creativity.
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When did I say they police creativity? I'm saying it's a separate question.
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