Bouvard on Originary Scene versus Girardian Mimesis

The Origin of Language is an extremely original and difficult book, complicated by the fact that Gans had not yet clearly distinguished his originary scene from Girard's. For someone who didn't even know about GA what, 6 months ago?--it's a valiant effort. He's an ambitious beginner, and his brain is in the right place as well. We should really see ourselves as a kind of school--how else could one learn other than by getting right into it and trying make sense of things you don't completely understand?