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Re: does conlanging change your sense of reality?

From:Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 15:15
Den 31. mar. 2009 kl. 22.32 skreiv Mark J. Reed:

> Why must there be a "point" to the variety of languages? Can't things > just be, without all having to fit into some master plan? The variety > is interesting of itself.
Variety is charming. It makes linguists busy. Maybe that's enough of a point after all. But from a practical point of view it really would have been much better if we all used the same language - unless the different manifestations of language do have the ability to enrich our communication and understanding in practical ways. LEF

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