@fasterandworse having encountered literature on sign languages and glossolalia notwithstanding my engagements in the philosophy of language i've found that when authors in the 20th century make claims about the nature of language, their claims fail to proffer empirically friendly interpretants @fasterandworse LIKE seems one of those words that gets picked on a lot [because] of its multifaceted nature, than that the author has made a viable assessment of its comportments in language.