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Answering the Unanswered Linguistics Question on the Film 'Arrival'
Since you're here... ... we have a small favour to ask. This post took a lot of time and effort to research, so if you appreciate my...
Rare Languages Uncovered in Ancient Monastic Library
Nestled at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is the remarkable Saint Catherine's Monastery, home to one of the world's oldest continuously...
The Etymology of "Buddha"
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) reconstructed root for "to be awake" "to be aware". Remove the 'e' to form the zero-grade of the verbal root....
Jespersen's Cycle
Jespersen's Cycle describes the pattern of sentence negation in a variety of languages. The cycle has three stages: 1) A pre-verbal...
Ye Olde Letter "Þ"
The reason why you're pronouncing "Ye Olde" wrong... Old English wasn’t written in the Latin alphabet, instead it was written in the...
The Origins of Writing: Part One
Part One: 1) Fundamental Concepts 2) Sumerian & Egyptian Theories and Myths on the Origin of Writing Fundamental Concepts When dealing...
The Cargo Cults of Melanesia
At the end of the nineteenth century, in the wake of successive colonial encounters between European colonists and the indigenous...
Iberia's Oldest Writing
Herdade da Abobada (Almodôvar). Museu da Rainha D. Leonor, Beja _________________________________________________________________________...
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