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REFERENCES

Language | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language

Ludwig Wittgenstein | https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wittgenstein/

Temple Grandin | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Grandin

Autism | https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/autism-spectrum-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352928

Left vs Right Brain | https://www.healthline.com/health/left-brain-vs-right-brain

Limitations of language | Michael Eriksson | http://www.aswedeingermany.de/50LanguageAndWriting/50TheLimitationsOfLanguage.html

Nonverbal communication | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonverbal_communication

Steven Pinker | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pinker

In the land of invented languages | Arika Okrent | http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/

DuoLingo | Free Language Courses for English Speakers | https://www.duolingo.com/courses

Arrival (film) | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(film)

Sapir-Worf Hypothesis / Linguistic Relativity | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity

ASCII | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

Mathematical universe hypothesis | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothesis

Semantics v syntax | https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/semantics-vs-syntax-vs-pragmatics-grammar-rules

Ethio-Jazz Ted talk | Meklit Hadero | https://www.ted.com/talks/meklit_hadero_the_unexpected_beauty_of_everyday_sounds?language=en

Onomatopoeia | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia

Mellifluous | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mellifluous

How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky | https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shapes_the_way_we_think?language=en

Broca’s and Wernicke’s Aphasia | https://memory.ucsf.edu/symptoms/speech-language

Schrödinger’s cat | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat

Dictionary of obscure sorrows | https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/

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