Thanks for this, Mia<br>Math is not my thing but even I could understand and appreciate this! Interesting to see how different disciplines can come to the same conclusions,but<br>represent and discuss them in different ways. Adds the credibility of a really 'hard' science to the description of language death.
<br><br>Best,<br>Susan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/1/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mia Kalish</b> <<a href="mailto:MiaKalish@learningforpeople.us">MiaKalish@learningforpeople.us</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This
is an excellent article. People might like to read it. </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">It is
short, 1 page, but full of implication. </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://tam.cornell.edu/Strogatz%20language_death.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://tam.cornell.edu/Strogatz%20language_death.pdf
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">People
are always impressed by that which can be "measured" or "modeled"
. . . math is distant but impressive. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am
using it as a grounding thesis for immersion learning materials. With a model, it's
no longer a question of interpretation, belief, or position. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">'Course,
my dissertation is all about math anyway, so it's a nice way to go. </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hope
all are well. Raining here. Lots of floods. . . not where I live, but other
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<p><font face="PlanetSerifDemi" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: PlanetSerifDemi;">Best, </span></font></p>
<p><font face="PlanetSerifDemi" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: PlanetSerifDemi;">Mia </span></font></p>
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</div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.<br><br><br>Department of English(Primary) <br>Associate Director, Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL)
<br>American Indian Language Devel.Institute<br>Department of Linguistics <br>Second Language Acquistion &Teaching<br> Ph.D. Program<br>Dept. of Language,Reading and Culture<br>The Southwest Center (Research)<br>
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