I've done a websearch for cognitive vs. affective languages. Results - zero. If such a division ever existed among scholars, it must have become obsolete centuries ago. All I can offer is a today's Guardian article that could be somewhat relevant to the discussion of language, speech etc. http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/healthmindandbody/story/0,,1791151,00.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html