verbality

verbality
a) The state or characteristic of consisting of words; that which consists simply of verbiage.

For my own investigations of traditional logic lead irresistably to the conclusion that it is essentially an equivocation between psychology and verbality.

b) Proficiency or fluency in the use of words.

In other words, to read a visual poem is to betray it; to restore it to verbality is to eliminate half of its meaning.


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