Mythic Unities in The Lord of the Rings

[mark12_30]

Yes, but are to what extent do the Elves 'speak' a 'good' language because they're 'good' beings, & to what extent are they 'good' because they speak a 'good' language'. & obviously the opposite point could be made in regard to Orcs? Do races (&individuals) shape the language they use, or does it shape them?.

That's the point. It's a unity: cause and effect are effect and cause... sort of. Well, I didn't say that very well but I'm not sure how to improve on it.

And it's not the chicken/egg thing either. It's that they are the same thing, mythically. Not that one causes another; they both are inter-related. Undividable. ..... edit: okay, that doesn't work either because obviously we've divided them. But we've only divided them lately, so to speak. They used to be one and the same.