Von Neumann Languages

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    We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    What a lesson here for our world. One blast, thousands of years of civilization wiped out.
    —Kurt Neumann (1906–1958)

    The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.
    Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)