[lit-ideas] Pre-Sequeling

The Poker: A Pre-Sequel
In a message dated 4/29/2004 11:56:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>...it is festooned with yards of Hildegard Wittgenstein, daughter of Ludwig
and...<
Sounds like an anticipation of 'Pulp Fiction.' 
---- 

Right. And, also, a pre-sequel to "Wittgenstein's Poker". 

I noticed the OED yas not yet recognized 'pre-sequel' (mailto:oed3@xxxxxxxxx).

http://www.anglorama.com.pl/html/dla_nauczycieli1_op.php

has the rather simplistic exchange:

Q: Can you tell the difference between a sequel and pre-sequel? 
A: Sequel - continues the story. Pre-sequel - tells you what happened before.

I suspect the logic of 'pre-sequeling' is more along the lines of H. P. Grice 
in 'Actions and Events' (Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 1986), as per below.
Cheers,

JL

----

OBJECT-LANGUAGE:

1. 

For any event e-1 taking place in t-1, a sequel of e-1 involves an event e-2, 
taking place in t2, such that t2>t1 (Correctly: [retronym] "post-sequel").

2. 

For an event 2-1 taking place in t-1, a PRE-sequel of e-1 involves an event 
e-2 taking place in t2, such that t1>t2.

META-LANGUAGE (qualification).

1. For any event e-1, taking place in t-1, if the metalinguistic description 
of e-2 takes place AFTER the metalinguistic description of e-2, it is a sequel 
(or post-sequel).

2. For any event e-1, taking place in t-1, if the metalinguistic description 
of e-2 taking place in t2 such that t2<t1, takes place AFTER the 
metalinguistic description of e-2, it is a PRE-sequel.


------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html

Other related posts: