Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.
Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.
Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to humans but none of which that are unique to language. Coming together they make language possible. But the fundamental building block of language is community.
Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.
I'm very interested in language because it reflects our obsessions and ways of conceptualising the world.
Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis.
Language expresses people's thinking and it was by a Word that God created the world and preserves it.
In our generation, everybody told us that it's really important and it's nice to be able to speak a lot of languages. It's an art, too. It really impresses me, people who speak, like, seven languages. I admire them so much, so I began with English, and then Spanish and maybe Portuguese.
When we developed written language, we significantly increased our functional memory and our ability to share insights and knowledge across time and space. The same thing happened with the invention of the printing press, the telegraph, and the radio.
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