Hello I wonder about "so deeply a part of being human"
Hello.
The original sentence is like the following.
Language is so fundamental to our experience, so deeply a part of being human, that it's hard to imagine life without it.
Is this the same as the following? I mean is it okay to think fundamental to is omitted between deeply and a part?
Language is so fundamental to our experience, so deeply (fundamental to) a part of being human, that it's hard to imagine life without it.
Thank you for your advice.

Question

Hello I wonder about "so deeply a part of being human"
Hello.
The original sentence is like the following. 
Language is so fundamental to our experience, so deeply a part of being human, that it's hard to imagine life without it.
Is this the same as the following? I mean is it okay to think fundamental to is omitted between deeply and a part?
Language is so fundamental to our experience, so deeply (fundamental to) a part of being human, that it's hard to imagine life without it.
Thank you for your advice.

Answer

Yes, you seem to have grasped the writer's intent here.  I would word it slightly different than you did but what you said is, I think, a correct way of interpreting her meaning..  I would have reworded the author's statement by saying:

Language is so fundamental to our experience, so deeply [fundamental to] being human, that it's hard to imagine life without it.

Hope that helps out!

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