From 'The significance of diversity in language endangerment and preservation,' by Marianne Mithun
"Language represents the most creative, pervasive aspect of culture, the most intimate side of the mind. The loss of language diversity will mean that we will never even have the opportunity to appreciate the full creative capacities of the human mind."
posted by melilotnfosco | 11:32 PM
11 Comments:
reminds me of the '1984' quote kinda
except that this woman is sad about it (as well she should be)
i think orwell was sad about it too
what a great quote!!!!
so why don't you e-mail marianne mithun and ask her what you can do to help preserve languages
that sounds kind of scary
why? sometimes if you want a door to open you have to turn the knob
sorry - that sounds like a dorky saying on an inspirational plaque, which is not what i was going for at all
i know - you were quoting my diana
your diana isn't dorky
most of the time ;)
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