Şüphe yok ki, Spirited Away, çocukluk dönemi ve büyümekle ilgili, sorumluluklar ve dünyadaki tehlikelerle ilgili bir filmdir. Miyazaki, bu konuya fantastik ve ruhani bir tavırla yaklaşır ama çocukluğun kolay olmadığı mesajı da açıktır. Ghibili filmleri, izleyiciyi süt kuzusu yerine koymaz.
The impetus for establishing a “science of language, ” however, can be traced to 1786. That was the year in which the respected and highly influential English scholar Sir William Jones suggested that Sanskrit, Persian, Greek, and Latin sprang from the same linguistic source and, thus, belonged to the same “language family.” Shortly thereafter, the systematic study of language families started in earnest, leading in the subsequent nineteenth century to the emergence of linguistics as a true science.
The Bible starts off with the phrase “In the beginning was the Word, ” acknowledging the close connection that exists between the birth of language and the origin of sentient, sapient life.