M-N- in Meaning Itself

“Aptly, the most fundamental cryptotype of them all — the M-N- sound which I have identified lurking inside practically every sentence we speak in an Indo-European language — is invoked whenever linguists (or any of us) speak about ‘meaning’. If there is a deity of linguistics, then they definitely have a sense of humour.”

Source: The M-N- Sound · Manuscript Section 11 / Substack “Sky Episode XXXII”

The author’s discovery that M-N- is in “meaning” itself — you cannot discuss meaning without invoking the Moon-based metaphor. The “deity of linguistics” quip is characteristic.

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