LANGUAGE COMPETENCE
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1850 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences |
- “The ability of an individual to transfer the concept-components of his own memory (by copying it with varying fidelity) into the memory space of another individual through language” (V. CSANYI, 1993, p.266).
CSANYI comments: “This copying process is replication, that is the propagation of the concept-components in a physical sense” (Ibid).
A material or energetic carrier is necessary, as well as a modulating code. Moreover capacity of correct transmission and reception must be shared by senders and receivers, i.e., for instance, their being able to read and have a common knowledge of English.
CSANYI signals an overall important consequence: “… the evolution of concepts is not restricted anymore by the longevity of the individual. Individuals living in a linguistic community join their memory space and create a common replicative space with many orders of magnitude larger than the individual ones. With this new mode of concept replication a new evolutionary process, culture commences” (Ibid).
These views are akin to KORZYBSKI's “time binding”.