"You're my liver!" Language as a Code for Mental Interaction (The Mouseion w/Professor Wingert)

Languages are fundamentally codes for the interaction of one mind with another.

This clip is taken from a conversation between Dr. Michael Wingert and Fr. George Bassous in regards to learning Middle Eastern languages--specifically Syriac (Aramaic). Many Eastern Christians are functional polyglots (speakers of multiple languages), and perceiving language as a code is regularly lost in the learning of grammar and vocabulary. In short, languages are exercises that humans use to convey mental intention from one person to any other(s).