In a message dated 2/13/01 12:55:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, tucev@tesla.rcub.bg.ac.yu writes:

<< This is perhaps the mainstream linguistic philosophy, but it's not the only one existing. Try reading 'Myth, Truth and Literature' by Colin Falck and you will find a lot of interesting ideas about how language originates in bodily gestures and still has its bodily dimension which is essential to its relation to the objective world (quite opposite to what Derrida et al. say). And since you once mentioned you liked me quoting poetry, here is a poem about non-verbal communication, written by my favourite Irishman: >>

I can only say again that non-verbal communication does not a good story make... in fact, under most circumstances, it makes for a stultifyingly boring story with characters that are next to impossible for the reader to relate to.

How can you write in a purely "verbal," communicating medium by being "non-verbal." It just doesn't work.

Annie