Growing up and throughout my traditional education the constant refrain comparing English and other world languages was simple that English is the poor, bastard child of language. Further than that, English was the ubiquitous and difficult system of language, a quality making it a true heroic feat to master as a second language. I do […]
Category: Language
Sapir-Whorf and the nature of experience
The novel 1984 by George Orwell is a classic all its own. Sure there’s WE, Brave New World and countless other dystopian novels from the early to mid 20th century[1]; yet none of these novels are quite so prescient or relevant decades after their release. While literary critics and poor graduate students will certainly continue […]
On the Unification of Language
It is hard to be me. Well perhaps is it not really all that hard, but as is common with most people as far as I know there are certain weaknesses which would drive one to insanity if not for the other aspects of talent and life. Language has always fascinated me. At the age […]