As the paradigms of our new reality shift around us, the changes we’ve become used to seeing in our surroundings begin to reflect in the linguistic world around us. Jera Toporis explores the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has begun to influence the way we interact with language: through a triptych focusing on the language of our new reality; the development of language in isolation and the role of silence in shaping language. We end this triad with a reflection on “The Language of Nature & the Power of Quiet – a Private Space for Connection”.

As the paradigms of our new reality shift around us, the changes we’ve become used to seeing in our surroundings begin to reflect in the linguistic world around us. Jera Toporis explores the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has begun to influence the way we interact with language: through a triptych focusing on the language of our new reality; the development of language in isolation and the role of silence in shaping language. The second piece in this triad is called ‘Constructing Parallel Realities through Language in Isolation’.

As the paradigms of our new reality shift around us, the changes we’ve become used to seeing in our surroundings begin to reflect in the linguistic world around us. Jera Toporis explores the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has begun to influence the way we interact with language: through a triptych focusing on the language of our new reality; the development of language in isolation and the role of silence in shaping language. Starting this triad off is a piece entitled ‘An Illusion of a New Reality Before the New Reality’.