Re: Re : Malat

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>         But in that case nearly _every_ language is illogical (at least every
> language of an "industrialized society") as the whole world is in a major
> upheaval!
Let me rephrase it.  No language is 100% logical, but most of the
European languages, at the very least, come close, as the current
"upheaval" is based in their cultures, and thus they are adapting well.
There are some gross illogicalities, from the current worldview's
perspective, such as obligatory gender-marking in most of the European
langauges, but overall they remain internally consistent.  Some
non-European languages, on the other hand, are suffering from a totally
foreign worldview being imposed on them, and are thus in the process of
major change, presumably retaining elements of the native worldview, and
elements of the "new" worldview.  I don't know enough about those to say
whether they are retaining internal coherency or not, but I'd guess that
they are.  Humans tend to be quite flexible, incorporating new ideas
into an old frame of reference whenever possible.

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