The Role of Myth in Language: From Lingua Adamica to Babel
The Role of Myth in Language: From Lingua Adamica to Babel
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Linguist Marina Yaguello traces the myths, legends, and religious narratives that have shaped humanity's understanding of the origins of language.
Linguist Marina Yaguello traces the myths, legends, and religious narratives that have shaped humanity's understanding of the origins of language.
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It's interesting on how language is bound to be surrounded by myths like this. It reminds me the Kaingang and their mythology - where they'd sprout out of the soil already speaking Kaingang, and with their dual social structure already established by the gods; while the other peoples would be "off-shoots" of the Kaingang and speak increasingly divergent versions of the Kaingang language.