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The Importance of Language And Culture:
Communication There are two forms of communications–verbal and non-verbal. Non-verbal can include art, sign language, facial expressions, graffiti, street signs and instrumental music. Verbal of course is restricted to sounds from our throats but these sounds from information. Specific sounds sends us encoded messages or signals which we call words. When a listener picks up — read more
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Article Repost: "Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Study of the Kawi Language: The Proof of the Existence of the Malayan-Polynesian Language Culture"
Article repost on Humboldt’s Study of the Kawi language. Ed. Note. The author believes that there exist a connection between Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) languages which was rejected by Humboldt and by most trained linguists, archaeologists, and anthropologists today. I am repost the article because of the context of Humboldt’s original findings. Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Study of — read more
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The Role of Language in the Thought Process
For most people, the use of words and language itself is unquestioned. We do not realize how language and words itself can shape perceptions and the thought process and in turn shapes our culture. This is one of the factors that people do not consider in depth when discussing Austronesian linguistics. In general, people will — read more
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Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp 