linguistic insomnia

I still can't sleep. Since the movie ended, I have been drinking coffee (maybe that's why I can't sleep?), working a bit, downloading songs for a while, and then listening to the songs I downloaded :) Before forcing myself into bed I thought I'd let you chew on this for a while:

"Not only are natural languages social institutions, they are social institutions." H. K. Wettsein, 1984.

I like the way he puts it, because, you see, languages are not only social but cognitive instit... good night.

Mai