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But language is foremost not just because it came first.
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In its own right it is a tool of extraordinary sophistication, yet based on an idea of ingenious simplicity:
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'this marvellous invention of composing out of twenty-five or thirty sounds that infinite variety of expressions which, whilst having in themselves no likeness to what is in our mind, allow us to disclose to others its whole secret, and to make known to those who cannot penetrate it all that we imagine, and all the various stirrings of our soul'.
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This was how, in 1660, the renowned French grammarians of the Port-Royal abbey near Versailles distilled the essence of language, and no one since has celebrated more eloquently the magnitude of its achievement.
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Even so, there is just one flaw in all these hymns of praise, for the homage to language's unique accomplishment conceals a simple yet critical incongruity, language is mankind's greatest invention - except, of course, that it was never invented.
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This apparent paradox is at the core of our fascination with language, and it holds many of its secrets.
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