indexicality epitome of incomprehensibility Woot, now the article I was reading in executive_function is going on about "socio-cultural indexicality." Yay for combining sociology, psychology, and linguistics, in case these disciplines didn't have enough difficult lingo separately. And the idea of indexicality comes from philosophy - in that discipline, it's usually that one thing "indexes" another because it has a physical connection, like how smoke signals fire. Anyway, this article is saying that the autistic kids in the study had trouble inferring meanings because they had more difficulty grasping onto changing and ambiguous contexts. I've felt out of touch often enough, but I don't think I have a severe indexicality deficit. Or else I would've noticed it more. Though I do remember when I was new at Brock University and one classmate showed me a funny animation of a cat waking a guy up. I was unsure exactly why she showed me this, but I felt I had to make some sort of comment. So I said, "That's a flexible ear," because the cat had stretched the guy's ear in a cartoonishly comical way. The other person laughed. "That's your reaction!" She was expecting something like, "Ha, that's cute." And her reason for showing me this video, I realized later, was to be friendly. A socialization cue. But being new and unsure of which emotion to display is an indexicality barrier. I'm just going to keep saying indexicality. It'll make me popular. 200501 ... e_o_i Finally finishing up the essay. I'm taking out the sentence: 'Since “autistic” was the term that defined a minority, the word “neurotypical” developed later, comparable to how the word “cisgender” was coined after “transgender” to describe the majority group.' I mean it makes sense, but it seems like pointless comparison-making. Maybe ADHD means too much indexicality. (And apparently I'm British now in regards to quotation marks - one and then two. Really, I was just lazy, but it kind of makes more sense that way, doesn't it?) 200508 ... e_o_i Yay! I'm finished the essay! ...Now I have to proofread a scientific article. But at least I get paid for that. 200508 ... past there's a star trek episode about this, where a planet's language is couched in metaphors. i see people link that to contemporary gifs and memes, but really it's all call backs to biblical and classical references that people would (and do) drop in sentences in the same way. (if i'm understanding correctly.) 220620 ... past i guess it's like amelia bedelia. draw the curtains! 220620 what's it to you? who go blather from