The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition - Caroline Myrick

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition - Caroline Myrick

24. What Language did Adam and Eve Speak?

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition - Caroline Myrick

E. M. Rickerson [+-]
College of Charleston
E. M. (‘Rick’) Rickerson served as the General Editor of the first and second editions of this book. He is Professor Emeritus of German, Director Emeritus of the award-winning language program at the College of Charleston (South Carolina), a former Deputy Director of the U.S. government’s Center for the Advancement of Language Learning, and an Associate of the National Museum of Language. In 2005 he created the radio series on languages (Talkin’ about Talk) from which The Five-Minute Linguist was been adapted. He is currently retired in the mountains of North Carolina.

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None of the languages currently spoken on the planet bears any resemblance to what may have been spoken in the legendary Garden of Eden.

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Rickerson, E. M.. 24. What Language did Adam and Eve Speak?. The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 120-123 Jul 2019. ISBN 9781781798553. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=38143. Date accessed: 23 Nov 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.38143. Jul 2019

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