Category:Language

Human language is primarily an articulated spoken language or speech that can be freely shaped within wide limits. In external life, speech serves verbal communication, but beyond that it has an even deeper spiritual meaning. A new, quite conscious approach to the spiritual roots of language is opened up by the speech formation founded by Rudolf Steiner together with Marie Steiner. Human language emerged from a more primal sung language, which was also supported by the elements of music, especially in the cultic language as it was cultivated in the ancient mysteries and has survived in religious contexts to this day. Language can also be communicated secondarily through written signs as written language or through corresponding gestures as visually or haptically conveyed sign language, such as is used by deaf or deaf-blind people. Non-verbal communication is primarily conveyed through the gaze or eye contact, facial expressions and gestures, but also through body language, touch and olfactory impressions and plays an essential role in all interpersonal relationships, but also in communication with animals, namely with pets.