I read the opening chapter of Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day through the lens of A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis and the notion of ontological grammar.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/04/14/the-butler-did-it-to-himself/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

In a manner of speaking, this chapter is about the construction of the self and personal identity through grammar

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