Linguistics
3 questions
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Can Linear A be deciphered?
We can sound out the writing of Minoan Crete, but we don't understand a word of the language behind it.
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Does the language we speak shape how we think?
Russian has two words for blue, some languages have no words for left and right. Does that change the mind?
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How did language begin?
Every human society has language, and no other species has anything quite like it. How did it arise?