intrepidpixie wrote:It`s an international auxiliary language or interlanguage meant for communication between people from different nations who do not share a common native language. Because of this, It is considered the "Language of Diplomacy". Used during the Middle Ages to describe a French- and Italian-based jargon, or pidgin, that was developed by Crusaders and traders in the eastern Mediterranean and characterized by the invariant forms of its nouns, verbs, and adjectives. These changes have been interpreted as simplifications of the Romance languages.
yes, this is interesting indeed. i think people often times underestimate the importance of language in shaping our world view
a pidgin language is the most simple or primitive language people can speak. when people of two differing languages come in contact, usually for trade or business purposes, they don't bother to learn each other's entire language. instead they'll just learn enough to be able to perform simple forms of trade and business. but in some cases, a pidgin language becomes the dominant language of a subjugated group of people who have found themselves forced to interact with foreign invaders.
now, the problem with speaking a pidgin language, is that it may be sufficient for accomplishing simple tasks, but its not good for everyday life. it's incredibly non expressive. and what happens is the children of pidgin speaking parents, is that they always develop a more complex language to accommodate the complexities of their lives. this new, more complex language is a creole. to the people of the original languages, a creole may sound like a bastardized version of their language, but a creole nonetheless has an actual functioning grammar and hierarchal linguistic structuring.
and this is the key here. that human beings already have this wired within their brains. its not about the actual sounds or words they use, it more about the innate capacity for hierarchal linguistic structure they can be created with any sounds or words. if we stopped speaking English, we could make up any grunts or noises; but over time, those grunts would find themselves arranged grammatically with parts of speech...nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives, etc...
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] intrepidpixie wrote:A form of Creole was used to bridge communication between Neanderthal and Cromagnon!?
lol yeah. this is believed to have happened when the cromagnons came into contact with the neanderthals. the theory is that, both groups were speaking a language which would be equivalent to a pidgin...but contact between both groups cause an increased level of complexity within the lives of both groups, that their language bumped up to one with universal grammar.
and following this was the invention of human inventiveness. i.e. culture, music, art, painting, burials of the dead which possibly signifying the origins of religion, etc...
"The Great Leap Forward was concurrent with the extinction of the Neanderthals"
the reason for all this inventiveness is because you can't create something if you don't have the language to express it. "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."