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<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" size=2>Though slightly ashamed for the
usual lack of politeness amongst my fellow Dutch ("whatever nature is supposed
to hide from us"), I take this opportunity to refer you to <FONT face=Arial
size=3><FONT size=2><EM>Vanishing voices; the extinction of the world's
languages</EM><FONT face="Footlight MT Light"><EM>,</EM> the comprehensive study
by Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine, which contains numerous examples. >From a
Dutch perspective their account of the linguistic questions concerning the Bali
irrigation system may be especially interesting.
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<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" size=2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" size=2>L.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jjwvane@kabelfoon.nl href="mailto:jjwvane@kabelfoon.nl">Angelique van
Engelen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=endangered-languages-l@cleo.murdoch.edu.au
href="mailto:endangered-languages-l@cleo.murdoch.edu.au">endangered-languages-l@cleo.murdoch.edu.au</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 30, 2002 5:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> ELL: Journalist writing article
about language preservation</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a journalist writing an article about
language diversity and its links with bio diversity and I am looking to find
actual examples of how languages contain that magical information about
ecosystems or plants or animals or whatever nature is supposed to hide from us
and that linguists are so enthusiastic about. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apart from the grub reference in the much
lamented article by the WSJ I have not found anything on the internet to this
effect. Does someone have samples that show if not magnify the importance of
language preservation? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Angelique van Engelen</FONT></DIV>
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