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geography of languages  

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  • Language (in contrast to speech) may be understood in several ways: (a) as a means of organizing thought, (b) as a way of communicating for producing and sharing meaning, and (c) as a vehicle for bringing the world into consciousness. Thus, language is simultaneously a psychological, social, and cultural phenomenon. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Geography; Languages, Geography of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GMFQ0HWM-B

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