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"When it comes to linguistic form, Plato walks with the Macedonian swineherd, Confucius with the head-hunting savage of Assam." - Edward Sapir

In other words, "All language varieties are equal (...) The barriers are social and cultural." Pp. 209-210

"We have planted an evangelising church rather than a transforming church. The result is a thin veneer of Christianity that leaves believers undeveloped and communities untransformed." P. 56

"For too long, we have allowed the Church to appear irrelevant to the challenges and needs in our communities... While acknowledging that the Church is an imperfect institution, churches are the organizations with the greatest potential to reshape the lives of the communities where they are located." p. 39

So far, derivational morphology (ch 13) has been my favorite. Stems, roots, and compounds, distinguishing between inflection and derivation; it's fascinating ♥️

TAM (tense, aspect, modality) is so much more complex than I was expecting. I will probably need to revisit Chapter 9 a few times before I am comfortable with them.

Chapter 7 is painful...