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> I would hazard it isn't your culture that is /embedded/ in the language, per se. It is more that your experiences are /compressed/ into your language. Or per
by nextaccountic 5y ago
> I would hazard it isn't your culture that is /embedded/ in the language, per se. It is more that your experiences are /compressed/ into your language.
Or perhaps it's this act of compression that creates an embedding of the culture in the language?
And even centuries later, when the compression isn't relevant anymore, there will still be remnants of the culture embedded in the language.
- taeric 5y agoThinking more on it, I think I'm pulling up a false distinction between compression and embedding. Such that, I'm not really sure that aspect of what I was saying matters.