Comments on: Revolving speakers: “So she turned round and said…” http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/revolving-speakers Global English and language change Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Nathanael Green http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/revolving-speakers/comment-page-1#comment-561 Nathanael Green Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:56:28 +0000 http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/?p=886#comment-561 Nice post! This reminds me of an argument that Guy Deutscher makes about all language beginning as literal, then transferring to more abstract meanings via metaphor. <em>Turn around</em> just seems like another one to add to the list. Oh, and I'd really recommend Deutscher's book <em>The Unfolding of Language</em> - http://www.unfoldingoflanguage.com/ -Nate Nice post! This reminds me of an argument that Guy Deutscher makes about all language beginning as literal, then transferring to more abstract meanings via metaphor.

Turn around just seems like another one to add to the list.

Oh, and I’d really recommend Deutscher’s book The Unfolding of Language – http://www.unfoldingoflanguage.com/

-Nate

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