Philosophy
Will there be a single global language?
No...1
Yes...4
In a way we now have a "global language"...computer language. But, what I was referring to was a spoken language. It will be many decades before it would happen. I suppose that English is the dominate language of communication now. I doubt that written languages [like that in Asia] will disappear.
"Why a global language?" by David Crystal
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Philosophy
"Will there be a single global language?" poll
Will there be a single global language?
No...1
Yes...4
In a way we now have a "global language"...computer language. But, what I was referring to was a spoken language. It will be many decades before it would happen. I suppose that English is the dominate language of communication now. I doubt that written languages [like that in Asia] will disappear.
"Why a global language?" by David Crystal
- Is Mandatory Language Study Valuable?
The one curricular requirement that my advisees complain about most vocally (in English) is the language requirement. The argument in favor of it is that to be a full person today, you must be a citizen of the world and that means being able to speak...
- Bullshit Or Not: Wittgenstein Edition
There's an old sketch film called Amazon Women on the Moon and one of the bits is a parody of the old Leonard Nimoy show, "In Search Of..." called, "Bullshit or Not?" with the tagline "Bullshit or not? You decide." It's a line I like so much that...
- Steven Pinker - Linguistics As A Window To Understand The Brain
One of the things I first enjoyed when I was introduced to philosophy was its recursive nature: we could use thought to investigate the nature, the rules, the structure and the limits of thought itself (and what that could tell us about the human mind)....
- Making Sense Of Spelling
If you're a bibliophile and a lover of the beauty and sensuousness of the spoken and written word (like Stephen Fry in this fantastic animated essay), then you probably already know about the sophistication, the richness, and the history (animated,...
- Ancient Languages...reconstructed By Computer Software
"Ancient languages reconstructed by computer program" by Rebecca Morelle February 12th, 2013 BBC World Service A new tool has been developed that can reconstruct long-dead languages. Researchers have created software that can rebuild protolanguages...