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Language autonomy in first two chapters of Alice in Wonderland - Coggle…

- - - - enticed by the appearance of the language, meaning puts her off.
      - "No, I'll look first," she said, "and see whether it's marked '"poison*' or not" [...] she had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked "poison," it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later."
        
        Trust in language always meaning what it says. Idea that taking language too literally can be harmful? Awareness and scepticism towards perceiving language as being objective and meaningful (commentary on science of language emerging during period).
      - It is the language, rather than the object that entices Alice.
- - - - 'The antipathies, I think - (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word)'
        
        Highlighting how sound determines meaning.
- - - - This is perhaps drawn attention to when she starts speaking to herself. The language she knows and uses determines what she is capable of expressing. Though the idea that her words are what she means is itself disrupted on several occasions.