tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post5752784420962017135..comments2024-03-27T02:13:58.088-07:00Comments on Integral Options Cafe: When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledgewilliam harrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-52030434801719054562008-07-17T08:58:00.000-07:002008-07-17T08:58:00.000-07:00Thanks for the link. Good article, and it certainl...Thanks for the link. Good article, and it certainly describes an ethnocentric view of culture and identity very well, but I don't think it can really address the loss of information that occurs when we lose a language.<BR/><BR/>Languages, while often defining cultures, are still somewhat distinct from them in that languages encode specific understandings of the world (often very unique to the physical environment in which they arise) that cannot be otherwise accessed. Lose the language, lose the information, which isn't necessarily true in the loss of a culture.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>Billwilliam harrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-573020955598716502008-07-16T13:21:00.000-07:002008-07-16T13:21:00.000-07:00A counter-argument in this interesting debate is m...A counter-argument in this interesting debate is made by Kenan Malik in <A HREF="http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=338" REL="nofollow">this essay</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com