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Introduction: The Love of Language |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / THE LOVE OF LANGUAGE |
| Author: Editor |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1995 |
| Size: 1,064 Words, 6,373 Characters |
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The words we know define the world we inhabit. When we are speechless--at a loss for words--we are facing the incomprehensible, some aspect of the world we do not know.
The words that we do know, our vocabulary, reflect the world we live in, naming things, actions, relationships, and so forth, some of which may be quite familiar to us. But as we put those words into combinations, particularly into sentences, the meanings get extended and enlarged; it becomes apparent that the combination of the words suggests a combination of things that is possible and yet not known to us, or not known well enough. What is it? we can then ask. In asking that question, we undertake a quest.
One of the most famous quests, found in the Arthurian legends, is that for the Holy Gr...
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...rect--that the words we know define the world we inhabit--then whatever shortcomings our world may have can be connected with a lack, in our general society, of the right words. Perhaps we just do not love language enough and suppose that inarticulate violence, or brute force can take its place. Nor do we realize the fundamental role of language in establishing and maintaining social control.
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