Let us
imagine a language for which the description which
Augustine has
given would be correct. The language
shall help a builder A to make himself understood by
an || is to be the means of communication between a builder
A and his assistant B.
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¤ A is constructing a building out of building
stones || blocks; there
is a supply of || are cubes,
columns, slabs and beams. B has to hand him the
building stones in the order in which
A needs them. For this purpose they use a
language consisting of the words:
“
cube”, “column”,
“slab”, “beam”. A
shouts || calls out the words;
– B brings the stone that he has learned to bring at this
call.
Take || Regard this as
a complete primitive language.