Sunday, February 28, 2010

Language in a Sphere

I have always thought that mans creation has a tie to everything and to anything and language is no exception. Sapir-Whorf theory of placing everything inside a sphere is an assertive way to explore language. If there is any reason for the overlapping of concepts like sociolinguistics, for example, is because of the making of this sphere. I see the Sapir-Whorf sphere as a composition of layers where the core is just made up of the concept that we are humans. Even though the language is dynamic all the changes take part on this enclosed sphere. The enabling factor that allows us to study this, what we call language is that of the overlapping of concepts that in some way have a constant variable. Every language, dialect, register etc. has a structure to which rules apply. It is the difference in rules that enables the ties of language.

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