before we worry about the single universal language let's tackle phonemes
Can you define equivalence classes where two non-equivalent classes can share a common element? I think not
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Well, hm, idk how much linguistics you know — e.g. you understand what an "allophone" is?
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It's kind of complicated to explain... it's one of those things where it's impossibly bizarre to begin w/ & obvious afterwards
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how would this work for phonemes? I'm envisioning equivalence classes as defined by features.
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that's why observing semiotic conventions is easy but constructing them is hard...
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