Yes, we’re on the same page here in general. I was specifically objecting to your first paragraph, and noting that mikkw was using larger than necessary words throughout. Possibly unconsciously, though.
I still don’t understand what in my first paragraph you were objecting to. (Sorry to belabour the point, but it seems like I’m missing something and I would prefer to avoid miscommunication if possible.) It seems like you think I was saying that MikkW was not using words fancier than strictly necessary throughout, but I wasn’t: I was saying the opposite, which is the same thing you were saying.
The only other claims in that first paragraph were (1) that most of MikkW’s usage of fancy words (and indeed most of MikkW’s OP) was not primarily signalling and (2) that his explanation of vocabulary in terms of signalling was primarily signalling. Those are both disputable, but I don’t think you said anything to dispute them.
So I’m still confused about what, specifically, you were objecting to in what I wrote. What am I missing?
Yes, we’re on the same page here in general. I was specifically objecting to your first paragraph, and noting that mikkw was using larger than necessary words throughout. Possibly unconsciously, though.
I still don’t understand what in my first paragraph you were objecting to. (Sorry to belabour the point, but it seems like I’m missing something and I would prefer to avoid miscommunication if possible.) It seems like you think I was saying that MikkW was not using words fancier than strictly necessary throughout, but I wasn’t: I was saying the opposite, which is the same thing you were saying.
The only other claims in that first paragraph were (1) that most of MikkW’s usage of fancy words (and indeed most of MikkW’s OP) was not primarily signalling and (2) that his explanation of vocabulary in terms of signalling was primarily signalling. Those are both disputable, but I don’t think you said anything to dispute them.
So I’m still confused about what, specifically, you were objecting to in what I wrote. What am I missing?