Language in the symbiotic real

 
"The loose connectivity of the symbiotic real affects other orders of being, such as language. The opening and closing of suckling mammalian lips around the nipple makes an /m/ sound that is surely the basis of words such as 'mamma.' Such words are roughly shared by nonhuman mammals"
> from Timothy Morton's Humankind: Solidarity with Nonhuman People (2017)

> tagged with #biology, #reality, #language

> created August 27, 2023 at 8:30:18 AM


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