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Different Languages. Same Thinking. How Grammar Solves the Same Problem Everywhere
Different Languages. Same Thinking. How Grammar Solves the Same Problem Everywhere
One Logic. Many Languages.

Different Languages. Same Thinking. How Grammar Solves the Same Problem Everywhere

When people compare languages, they usually compare words. They ask: These questions miss the point. Languages are not different because they think differently.They are different because they encode the same thinking in different ways. Every Language Solves the Same Task Every human language must answer the same basic questions: No language can avoid these problems. […]

Tymur Levitin | LEVITIN SCHOOL Tymur Levitin
• 26.03.2026 • 2 min read
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Why Language Learning Is Not About Language | LEVITIN SCHOOL
28.12.2025

Why Language Learning Is Not About Language

Language. Meaning. Thinking.

The Language I Live — Author’s Column by Tymur LevitinLanguage. Meaning. Thinking. For more than twenty years, I have been teaching languages to people of different ages, cultures, professions, and life situations.And during all these years, one idea keeps returning — sometimes quietly, sometimes painfully clearly: Language learning is not really about language. It is […]

Tymur Levitin | LEVITIN SCHOOL Tymur Levitin
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