• Shirasho@lemmings.world
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    8 months ago

    Arguments are for children and those with the mental maturity of a schoolyard bully.

    Conversations are where the mature people duke it out, and the point of a conversation is not to win but to see each other on equal ground, understand the position of the other party, and come to a conclusion that benefits both parties.

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        8 months ago

        Semantics are for children. Straight up contradiction is where mature people say “No it isn’t” to each other to really practice being annoying.

        • tal@lemmy.today
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          Semantics are for children.

          https://academic.oup.com/jos?login=false

          Journal of Semantics covers all areas in the study of meaning, with a focus on formal and experimental methods. It welcomes submissions on semantics, pragmatics, the syntax/semantics interface, cross-linguistic semantics, experimental studies of meaning, and semantically informed philosophy of language.

          “When he was eating his juice and crackers at lunchtime, Jonathan enjoyed a little light reading.”