On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, John Konopak wrote:

> At 11:39 AM 4/16/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >What is a word?
>
> One of several, arbitrarily but conventionally realized units of meaning, a
> string or other arrangement of visible or tangible symbolic characters or
> auditory references organized to recall or elicit and then to characterize a
> common experience of a shared or mutually understood event or act or idea...

Interesting answer.

> Why do you ask?

I'm looking at some of on Noam Chomsky's contribution to linguistics and
began to question the idea of "words."

Words become weapons in the political arena.

What are the origins of these weapons and their destructive abilities.

F. Leon