Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.

Noam Chomsky

The father of modern linguistics, should I say? He used to be a psychologist, before moving on further to linguistic studies. Now he studies politics with linguistic perspectives. I adore his interdisciplinary approaches. I'm really interested in his psycholinguistic theory about the language acquisition. The idea that we, humans, have a blueprint in mind containing knowledge about language. Okay, this theory has been criticized a lot. But at least, this theory has opened a new perspective on linguistics, that language is not simply a part of learning that involves human efforts, but also a part of God's secret that still can't be resolved until now. Chomsky pointed out mystery of languages that can't be explained rationally. For me, this shows that language is supra-rational, beyond our knowledge as a limited creature. And that shows there are things beyond us that our mind cannot reach. Language is one of them.

Beberapa tagline surat kabar, berita TV, dan bahkan gubernur Sulsel kemarin menyatakan bahwa kemarin adalah Hari Korupsi.

Sebagai orang mempelajari linguistik, saya agak bingung dengan istilah ini.
Kalau Hari Korupsi itu kan jadi seperti April Mop ya?
Satu hari bebas untuk korupsi, sama seperti April Mop yang satu hari bebas untuk berbohong.
Sama kayak Hari Balon Gratis di Bikini Bottom, saat Patrick & Spongebob nggak jadi dipenjara walaupun sudah memecahkan balon.

Tapi bukannya itu lebih bagus dari Hari Anti Korupsi ya?
Soalnya kalo Hari Anti Korupsi, kesannya cuma khusus hari itu aja kita harus anti korupsi.
Dengan kata lain, implikaturnya adalah: hari2 lain kita bebas korupsi.

Eh, frase "bebas korupsi" itu juga ambigu. Kan artinya bisa "bebas dari korupsi" atau "bebas untuk melakukan korupsi"

*sumpah gue penting banget ya bahas ini?

Ya udah deh, yang penting skripsi saya selesai. Senangnyaaaa XD