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Angelique,<br>
<br>
On this topic, Nancy Dorian just recommended to me the following edited
volume:<br>
<br>
Luisa Maffi, ed. On Biocultural Diversity: Linking Language,
Knowledge, and the Environment<br>
Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 2001.<br>
<br>
Nancy pointed out that since the papers are from a 1996 conference, their
focus on biodiversity and linguistic diversity predates that of David
Crystal and Nettle and Romaine.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps,<br>
<br>
Emily McEwan-Fujita<br>
<br>
Dept. of Anthropology<br>
University of Chicago<br>
1126 E. 59th St.<br>
Chicago, IL 60637<br>
U.S.A.<br>
<br>
At 05:39 PM 8/30/02 +0200, you wrote:<br>
<font face="arial" size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>Dear
all,</font><br>
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. <br>
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?
<br>
Regards,<br>
Angelique van Engelen</blockquote><br>
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