another commodity in return. The verb is related to Louis Riel, the leader of the Métis people, and fur trading was one of their primary ways of supporting themselves. Coincidently, Louis Riel is thought to be the inspiration for Riel’s name, as if words have become the modern commodity of trading. By exchanging words, Riel and Versajna are engaging in dialogue. In this instance, the two individuals involved in the transaction solely benefit from the conversation. The act of fur trading required that both parties are involved and present. Although their phone conversation did not require that they were both physically present, they had to agree to partake in the exchange of conversation. Conversation requires a two roles, a speaker and a listener. Trading words depict words as limited where they must be traded in exchange for other words. In this instance, they are gaining knowledge from each other, rather than learning the language. …show more content…
The consideration of language as a concrete entity places ownership upon the individuals that had spoken the language originally. This reasoning can be dangerous in creating a mindset that reserves the right for certain humans to possess a language, whereas others may not be permitted to own or speak it. As a result, an exclusive boundary can create tension between parties over ownership of the language. Although language may be considered as a shared entity among humans, I think that the possession of language does not lie solely with the native speakers of that particular language. There are many ways that different languages have evolved into a variety of