natural vs formal language is a false dichotomy and accrues unwanted connotations

CREATED: [2021-06-05 Sat 00:45]
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"Natural" here is meant to denote (at least according to Clark) "social" and "strategic" and "Schelling point built". "formal" is meant to denote "precise". Looks like a case of lifting a disambiguation into a type that accrues unwanted connotations: "natural" ought not be taken for "imprecise", nor ought "formal" to imply "apurposive" or "asocial".

Aside: is there a linguistics term for when a distinction is lifted into a definition?

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