On the three criteria of Language and On Heidegger: F.A.P.

Heidegger's trichotomy -- his metaphysics -- refers to three loci in a triangle of human experience: Being Itself, Language, and Mind.

I should like to borrow his work to formulate three fundamental criteria for Life In General (Civilised Life) and Linguistics: The constitutions of a Good sentence (as opposed to a merely passing one.)

Where Heidegger addresses the corners of the triangle, I shall elucidate the sides.

The first side -- the relationship between Mind and Being -- I shall call the Practical.

In language, concision falls into this category.

The second -- the relationship between Words and Being, is the Artistic.

Coherence belongs to this.

The third and final rung is the Formal -- between Words and Mind.

Grammar abides here.

dm.A.A.