[lg policy] [Edling] Emerging Languages, Emergent Knowledge

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Date: 2011/2/21



The Huffington Post



Emerging Languages, Emergent Knowledge



When ideas go extinct, we all grow poorer. Half the world's 7,000
languages now face extinction; a dramatic shift in human intellectual
history. Our 21st century world -- replete with wondrous technologies
-- rests upon the foundation of all humankind's prior wisdom and
creativity.



Full story:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/k-david-harrison/emerging-languages-emerge_b_825256.html

The Huffington Post




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