According to the American Heritage College Dictionary, the primary definition of a literate person is “One who can read and write.” How does one interpret such a general statement? To test this in a strictly literal sense, let’s say that I can read aloud with a certain degree of accuracy a sentence typed across this page. Let’s then say that I can also copy this same … Continue →

Talk of the non-dit and its opposite, the dit, implies a linguistic paradigm in which meaning is constructed around a speaker and a receiver. The non-dit exists only within the communicable, that is, within symbolization. The non-dit can refuse symbolization but it cannot move outside it. It can refuse but it cannot transcend communication. This, however, is precisely … Continue →