Tag: Helen Keller
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October 19, 2018
Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post.
I often study the idea of Language. I am curious about how language comes to be meaningful, communicative and permanent. Yet, at the same time, language is so flexible and manipulative. This elasticity allows it to grow, change and expand to incorporate new ideas and influences. Yet, language can also restrict in unseen ways. One thing that is often forgotten,