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In the beginning

In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God . The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made . In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. (John 1:1-5)

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Displacement Arbitrariness Productivity Cultural transmission Discreteness Duality

Displacement

Displacement Arbitrariness Productivity Cultural transmission Discreteness Duality

Displacement

Displacement Arbitrariness Productivity Cultural transmission Discreteness Duality

Displacement

Displacement Arbitrariness Productivity Cultural transmission Discreteness Duality

Displacement

Communication & tech

Cultural imperialism online?

E1L E2L EFL

English doesn’t “belong” to its native speakers!

Mash

Pidgins & Creoles

Ghost in the Machine

“ Time flies like an arrow”

Time proceeds as quickly as an arrow proceeds Measure the speed of flies in the same way that you measure the speed of an arrow Measure the speed of flies in the same way that an arrow measures the speed of flies Measure the speed of flies that resemble an arrow Flies of a particular kind, time-flies, are fond of an arrow

Platform

Laziness

The future?

Genesis 11:1-9 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children builded. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel (confusion); because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children builded.

And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Therefore is the name of it called Babel (confusion); because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Genesis 11:1-9 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do .

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do .

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Merci! Media Catalyst Steven Pinker The Bible Gary Larson Breughel Reaching Out Wikipedia George Yule Éric Lévénez Momus John McWhorter International Herald Tribune, April 10th 2007 Plasticrevolver LolCat Buildr David McRaney Philip K Dick/ Ridley Scott Felix Valloton Friends, colleagues, work, fun, and money The Language Instinct Genesis 11:1-9 and John 1:1-5 The Far Side The Tower of Babel The Evolution of Communication Human Language Families The Study of Language Computer languages timeline Stats for use of English and Chinese online The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language Users of English as 1st, 2nd and foreign languages Mash photo Pifanee cat LolCat linguistic tree Bladerunner La Paresse

Media Catalyst

Steven Pinker

The Bible

Gary Larson

Breughel

Reaching Out

Wikipedia

George Yule

Éric Lévénez

Momus

John McWhorter

International Herald Tribune, April 10th 2007

Plasticrevolver

LolCat Buildr

David McRaney

Philip K Dick/ Ridley Scott

Felix Valloton

Friends, colleagues, work, fun, and money

The Language Instinct

Genesis 11:1-9 and John 1:1-5

The Far Side

The Tower of Babel

The Evolution of Communication

Human Language Families

The Study of Language

Computer languages timeline

Stats for use of English and Chinese online

The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language

Users of English as 1st, 2nd and foreign languages

Mash photo

Pifanee cat

LolCat linguistic tree

Bladerunner

La Paresse