Forbes Special Report on Language

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 Special Report
 Language
 Edited by Elisabeth Eaves and Michael Noer 02.21.08, 6:00 PM ET


 If America is the new Rome, English is the new Latin. It's the global lingua
 franca, our shared language of science, politics and commerce. But like the
 people who speak them, living languages are constantly changing, evolving,
 being born and dying away. Will English some day be replaced as the world's
 common tongue? What will replace it? Chinese? Hindi? Or will our most
 important conversations of the future be with machines, animals or even
 aliens?


 English's Bleak Future
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/future-english-chinese-tech-cx_no_language
 _sp08_0221lingua.html>
 By Nicholas Ostler
 Lingua francas never last.

 Four Days Fluent
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/chinese-immersion-learning-tech-language_s
 p08-cx_ee_0221chinese.html>
 By Elisabeth Eaves
 Our intrepid reporter pulls out all the stops in a quixotic quest to learn
 Mandarin Chinese in just 96 hours.

 No Tears For Dead Tongues
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/language-death-english-tech-cx_jm_language
 _sp08_0221death.html>
 By John McWhorter
 Sure, languages are dying out wholesale, but that's not a bad thing.

 Neospeakers
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/deaf-creole-pidgin-tech-cx_jm_language_sp0
 8_0221born.html>
 By John McWhorter
 New Languages are being born all the time.

 Confessions Of A Propagandist
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/chinese-english-translation-tech-cx_co_lan
 guage_sp08_0221govspeak.html>
 By Chris O'Brien
 When it comes to official language, China remains hopelessly devoted to
 cryptic Marxist code.

 Most Popular Foreign Languages
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/22/popular-foreign-languages-tech-language_sp
 08-cx_rr_0222foreign.html>
 By Rebecca Ruiz
 These 10 languages are the most widely studied at American universities.

 By The Numbers: Most Popular Foreign Languages
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/22/popular-foreign-languages-tech-language_sp
 08-cx_rr_0222foreign_slide.html>

 How To Talk To Aliens
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/space-seti-aliens-language_sp08-cx_de_1024
 aliens.html>
 By David M. Ewalt

 What's the best way to craft a message to an extraterrestrial intelligence?
 Body Talk
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/body-language-expression-tech-cz_ls_langua
 ge_sp08_0221talk.html>
 By Lauren Streib
 Nab a lover or a job without saying a word.

 In Pictures: Body Language For Lovers
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/body-language-expression-tech-cz_ls_langua
 ge_sp08_0221love_slide.html>

 In Pictures: Body Language For The Office
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/body-language-expression-tech-cz_ls_langua
 ge_sp08_0221work_slide.html>

 Can Chimps Talk?
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/chimpanzees-language-speech_language_sp08_
 cx_cz_1024chimp.html>
 By Carl Zimmer
 An experiment sheds some light on the origins of spoken language.

 Web-lish
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/search-engine-semantic-tech-cx_ag_language
 _sp08_0221hakia.html>
 By Andy Greenberg
 Search engines that understand English take aim at Google.

 INTERVIEWS

 Noam Chomsky
 On The Spontaneous Invention Of Language
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/chomsky-language-invention-language_sp08-c
 x_de_1024chomskyinvent.html>
 Language abhors a vacuum.

 Also: Why Kids Learn Languages Easily
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/chomsky-language-learning-language_sp08-cx
 _de_1024chomsky.html>

 Jane Goodall
 On Why Words Hurt
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/goodall-chimpanzee-language_sp08-cx_de_102
 4goodall.html>
 The world's foremost chimpanzee expert says language can make it harder to
 communicate.

 Desmond Morris
 On Symbolic Gestures
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/morris-desmond-gestures-language_sp08-cx_l
 r_1024morris.html>
 There's a lot of meaning in a raised finger.

 Steven Pinker
 On Why We Have Language
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/pinker-language-evolution-language_sp08-cx
 _mh_1024pinker.html>
 Renowned psychologist and author says language provides an evolutionary
 advantage.

 Frank Drake
 On Ambiguity
 <http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/21/drake-seti-aliens-language_sp08-cx_de_1024
 drake.html>
 An astronomer explains how to talk to extraterrestrials.