Language, Communication, Sense and Nonsense

Creating a new language

Some questions

Do we need a new language? Why do we need it?

Who needs to understand it? Who needs to communicate it?

What ‘tools’ do we need beyond our voice and ears?

Rules for a new language?

Identify who is the ‘same’ and who is ‘different’?

Keep the same distance from others

Swim/run/fly.

https://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_s_jacobs_how_do_schools_of_fish_swim_in_harmony?rid=PQAqiBdKxphg&utm_source=recommendation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=explore&utm_term=watchNow

Making up new words? Why not?

https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words?language=en

My new words:

Your new words!

What is language?

Is it just structure (grammar + vocabulary)?

How many people do you need to speak a language for it to be a language?

Do animals speak languages?

Are we born with language capabilities?

What is the Rosetta stone?

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-rosetta-stone/

https://www.britannica.com/video/204713/more-writing-Rosetta-Stone

And what is Esperanto?

A language invented by L.L. Zamenhof.

Let’s try translating:

https://www.google.com/search?q=translate+from+english+to+esperanto&rlz=1C1GCEU_enIL996IL999&oq=translate+from+english+to+esperanto&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l3j0i390l4j69i64l2.5105j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

But what about Hebrew?

and why was Hebrew revived, rather than Aramaic?

Modern Hebrew vs. Biblical Hebrew

Can you clap in 9/4 time?

What is 9/8 time?