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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">===========================================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 19 February 2009 - Volume 02<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">From: R. F.
Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1235062366_0">sassisch@yahoo.com</span></span></a>> <br>
Subject: Language diversity<br>
<br>
Dear Lowlanders,<br>
<br>
For all of you that missed it, the very interesting TV interview with the
linguist K. David Harrison is now accessible on You Tube:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmLYo8zQOVs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmLYo8zQOVs</a><br>
<br>
Harrison is the author of the book <i>When Languages Die : The Extinction of
the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge</i>, New York City:
Oxford University Press, which in 2008 came out in paperback form (ISBN-10:
0195372069, ISBN-13: 978-0195372069, US $17.95).<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA</span></p>