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REFORMULATION ONE-PRIME, Göedel’s Theorem: For any culture, there are languages which it cannot use because they would result in its indirect self-destruction.

Cover of Native Tongue.

Native Tongue

by Suzette Haden Elgin · published 1984 · read 2020-10-19
★★☆☆☆
Interesting, but ultimately not satisfying. Imagine a Handmaid's Tale style dystopian future but with xenolinguistics. There's a subtle female language-based resistance, and the whole setup is neat, but it doesn't really go anywhere. Life goes on, women are mistreated, leadership remains the samel