Re: does conlanging change your sense of reality?
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 9:46 |
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Tristan McLeay skrev:
> On 01/04/09 11:30:30, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
>> On 2009-03-31 Mark J. Reed wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>> Seconded, thirded and fourthed!
>
> Then why does it matter if languages go extinct?
Because the more the merrier!
(And because language student's hats and language creator's
hats are differently shaped, even though creator's hats
usually come with a more or less fullscale student's hat
grafted underneath it -- now imagine that image! :-)
/BP