Very well written and presented. I am more and more impressed with the quality of the posts on Steemit. We have some of the brightest people around. Creative, intelligent, thoughtful. Steemit is a treasure trove.

I was just discussing with someone this morning something very closely related to your post. The Whorfian hypothesis.. the relationship between linguistics, thought and culture.

The Biblical teaching... In the beginning there was the Word and the Word was God. Takes on a new depth of interest.