Everything that is with knowing was written in English or has been translated to it.
Noam Chomsky must have believed this too; when he was prince of linguistics he considered trying to save or document dying languages a waste of time and unfashionable.
It effectively resulted in a language genocide.
It's hubris to think English will contain all of the answers.
Everything that is with knowing was written in English or has been translated to it.
It's a rule of thumb, a practical rule for life at the same level than buying groceries.
I'm well aware that language incarnations form a very esoteric space, worth studying and caring about if you are in the right profession, or have the time and the inclination.
Having a diversity of languages not only helps preserve culture and human knowledge, but also gives linguistics more examples to test hypotheses against. Is this language feature a universal feature of all languages, or did it just spread from one language to another?
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Noam Chomsky must have believed this too; when he was prince of linguistics he considered trying to save or document dying languages a waste of time and unfashionable.
It effectively resulted in a language genocide.
It's hubris to think English will contain all of the answers.
There was a really engaging interview with Wade Davis on CBC about this: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/saving-the-planet-means-liste...
Forgive the tangent.
It's a rule of thumb, a practical rule for life at the same level than buying groceries. I'm well aware that language incarnations form a very esoteric space, worth studying and caring about if you are in the right profession, or have the time and the inclination.
Having a diversity of languages not only helps preserve culture and human knowledge, but also gives linguistics more examples to test hypotheses against. Is this language feature a universal feature of all languages, or did it just spread from one language to another?
Why would you want to save a dying language? Just curious. If the answer is in the interview you linked to, could you give a tldr?