geb chapter 6 (the location of meaning)

deconstruct langauge down to syntax, alphabet, grammar, sounds
- where does meaning reside in this?
like how one note in music cannot be identified to have emotional resonance
decoding a message -> linguists and astromers
inutition of the location of meaning
- we expect things to hold meaning such as a newspaper in russian, even when we can’t read russian
- meaning exists independently of text
framing/out/inner vs /scope/medium/meaning
can we give information that is context free?
intelligences love patterns