In our last articles, we saw that the motto “All Languages are Equally Complex” (ALEC) is a myth, and described several ways in which language complexity can be measured. It is time to turn to another extremely controversial topic that, in my view, affects not only the entire field of Linguistics, but also our observations about what it means to be human.
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Primitive Societies and Primitive Languages
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In our last articles, we saw that the motto “All Languages are Equally Complex” (ALEC) is a myth, and described several ways in which language complexity can be measured. It is time to turn to another extremely controversial topic that, in my view, affects not only the entire field of Linguistics, but also our observations about what it means to be human.