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Academia dissects language's corpse; Al-Jarrah found its pulse.

They retracted this to save their dogma of "Arbitrariness." By linking breath (/h/) to life (H2O), he terrified their cold materialism.

Retraction is just a paradigm in panic. The idea breathes on.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
RETRACTED ARTICLE: A cross-linguistic investigation of /h/ symbolism: the case of H2O - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - RETRACTED ARTICLE: A cross-linguistic investigation of /h/ symbolism: the case of H2O
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 AM
This study redefines morphological theory. "Sound symbolism lies at the core of word formation. The central question is not whether such a relationship exists, but rather how to uncover its subtle manifestations across languages." doi.org/10.1057/s415...
RETRACTED ARTICLE: A cross-linguistic investigation of /h/ symbolism: the case of H2O - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - RETRACTED ARTICLE: A cross-linguistic investigation of /h/ symbolism: the case of H2O
doi.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This study redefines morphological theory. "Sound symbolism lies at the core of word formation. The central question is not whether such a relationship exists, but rather how to uncover its subtle manifestations across languages." doi.org/10.1057/s415...
RETRACTED ARTICLE: A cross-linguistic investigation of /h/ symbolism: the case of H2O - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - RETRACTED ARTICLE: A cross-linguistic investigation of /h/ symbolism: the case of H2O
doi.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:15 PM