PROFESSIONAL NEWCAST ON PREHISTORY

TOWER OF BABEL

THEME

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TODAY'S MEAN CONTENT

LANGUAGE

THE TOWER OF BABEL FOR TODAY'S LANGUAGE

THE TOWER OF BABEL

• Title:
• The Tower of Babel account affirmed by linguistics
• Author:
• K. J Duursma
• http://creation.com/the-tower-of-babel-account-affirmed-by-linguistics

THE MEAN IDEA(Evidence pointing to Babel)

• Language families
• Timing consistent
• Language design and change

LANGUAGE DIVERSITY IN THE WORLD

The Evolving Language of Diversity

DIVERSITY

• Author:
• KathyCastania
• Title:
• The Evolving Language of Diversity
• http://www.isr.umich.edu/home/diversity/resources/diversitylanguage.pdf

THE MEAN IDEA

• Don’t get too comfortable
• Language of Race, Ethnicity, and Origin
• Language of more “isms”t
• Misused terms
• Terms that don’t work

CONCLUSION

• "Language not only expresses ideas and concepts but actually shapes thought.”
• Robert B. Moore in Racism in the English Language1

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