Look, It's Deixis! An Episode About Pointing
It is what philosophers call ‘indexicality’: the characteristic of certain words which have a different meaning every time they are used, a meaning determined by where, how, when and by whom they are being spoken. Words such as ‘here’, ‘now’, ‘I’, ‘this’, ‘tonight’ all assume a different meaning depending on who utters them and the circumstances in
... See moreCarlo Rovelli • The Order of Time
Words change, they have a history as well as a contemporary meaning; it’s worth knowing those things.
Philip Pullman • Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling
I think a lot about the limitations of language and how we interpret the language we use every day to talk about the senses.