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Joe,
At 05:11 PM 1/16/2002 -0800, you wrote:
I wrote
> >
> >After a bit of reflection but I would suggest the following categories.
> >
> >Linguistic -
> > Immediate
> > Spoken language
> > Sign language
> > Recorded
> > Written
> > Recorded -
> >Non-linguistic
> > Behavior
> > Non-directed (the pure imitation category)
> > Descriptive (non-linguistic demonstration)
> > Artifact
> > primary - (where an artifact's existence transmits the
> >meme for its own creation)
> > secondary - (where an artifact conveys transmits a meme
> >for something other than its own creation)
> >
> >There must be some field of academic study that has done this sort of
> >categorization before though.
> >
>
> >
You responded
>The difference between spoken and sign language is how they are
>transmitted and received; i.e. through auditory and visual
>production/reception. This being the case, if both are mentioned, then
>braille should be given a transmission method category separate from
>print, as it is read by touch, not sight.
>However, I do not think that such is necessary; I see linguistic dynamic
>as a single transmission method category, and linguistic frozen as another
>single transmission method category. These categories may then be
>subdivided into perceptual modes.
Ok. Then let's amend the outline.
Amended Modes of memetic transmission outline (amendments in single quotes)
Linguistic -
'Dynamic'
Spoken language
Sign language
'Frozen'
Written
Recorded
'spoken' (ie. recordings of spoken
language)
'signed' (ie. recordings of signed
language)
'Braille'
Non-linguistic
Behavior
Non-directed (the pure imitation category)
Descriptive (non-linguistic demonstration)
Artifact
primary - (where an artifact's existence
transmits
the meme for its own creation)
secondary - (where an artifact conveys transmits
a meme for something
other than its
own creation)
A movie then would usually be a combination of primary non-linguistic
(where a director or producer observes the movie and makes one like it),
secondary non-linguistical artifact (for example someone making a dress
like one someone in the movie wore, or imitates the non-linguistic recorded
behaviors of the actors), frozen written (signs or other written
information in the movie), frozen recorded signed (where the characters
speak their lines).
Ray Recchia
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