Re: Constructed Religions
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 3, 1999, 22:50 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> Hawksinger wrote:
> > I read somewhere that the SIL was responsible for the description of
> > 2/3 of ALL the languages that have EVER been described.
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> Wasn't SIL originally connected with a Bible society? Besides, the
> *beginnings* of language study were bible translations.
Well, the beginnings of the study of relatively unimportant languages,
yes (in the grand scheme of things). Remember that the Greeks and
Romans were quite adept at grammar, even though they didn't get
anywhere near the precision of the Sanskrit grammarians, like
Panini. They just didn't care about "unimportant" languages -- only
Greek, and to a lesser extent Latin, were worthy of intellectual study.
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