[Sigia-l] "meta-"navigation

Boniface Lau boniface_lau at compuserve.com
Tue Jun 7 20:59:06 EDT 2005


> From: Eric Scheid
>  
> On 7/6/05 12:25 PM, "Boniface Lau" 
> <boniface_lau at compuserve.com> wrote:
> 
> > For the term "meta-navigation", the prefixed word is "navigation".
> > Thus, meta-navigation means "above and beyond navigation", not
> > "navigation through the above and beyond content".
> 
> 
> Ah, but who is to say that there is not a pre-fixing happening, 

Prefix or not is determined by the English language. I suggest you
consult an English dictionary.


> but instead a suffixing ... the word "navigation" is acting as a
> suffix to "meta", which is a short hand for "meta content".

But that is not according to the English language.


Boniface




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