At Its Beginnings, Only a Handful of People Spoke This Language. It’s the Origin of Every Word You Say.
Laura Spinneyshare.google
At Its Beginnings, Only a Handful of People Spoke This Language. It’s the Origin of Every Word You Say.
Le langage de l’Homo sapiens, qui s’est développé il y a 70 000 ans, se distingue par la quantité et la qualité des informations qu’il permet de partager. Son trait le plus remarquable est que, contrairement aux autres animaux, il nous permet de dire non seulement « Attention au lion ! » mais, de plus, « Le lion est l’emblème de notre tribu ». Nous
... See morethere was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.
human-made symbols like spoken or written words.
It is hardly a coincidence that so many native languages are unraveling at the very same historical moment when innumerable local ecosystems on every continent are fragmenting and falling apart.
Ils deviennent alors de vains sons, dont l'utilité principale est de dispenser celui qui les emploie de l'obligation de penser. Avec un petit stock de formules et de lieux communs appris dans la jeunesse, nous possédons tout ce qu'il faut pour traverser la vie sans la fatigante nécessité d'avoir à réfléchir sur quoi que ce soit.
Written language may have been conceived as a modest way of describing reality, but it gradually became a powerful way to reshape reality.