The Word of God: The Intersection of Language and Religion by Nicola Brayan
Photo Source: Unsplash Human history can be mapped through language. Etymology traces the evolution of ideas, of the dialects speakers use, of the advances which require the conjunction of morphemes in new ways. There are hidden graveyards in old texts of words that have fallen out of use over time; there are languages which have not been spoken in years as their speakers have passed away or learned to speak a colonising tongue. The symbiosis of language and culture is clear in the influence...