tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595288.post113961818717729973..comments2023-09-05T15:37:50.418+05:00Comments on NEXT> by Ramla::: Know What's Coming: Will Robert Langdons of linguistics save the world?Ramla Akhtarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11982021134330309416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595288.post-1157456224502816692006-09-05T16:37:00.000+05:002006-09-05T16:37:00.000+05:00Fyza,There is no suggestion or dream of a GLOBAL-d...Fyza,<BR/><BR/>There is no suggestion or dream of a GLOBAL-de-gook language. Languages are, and will remain, diverse.<BR/><BR/>If diversity was not the nature of things, we'd not have 300+ varieties of potatoes.<BR/><BR/>The suggestion is to UNDERSTAND that there are common roots to all languages... not academically, but to see the larger reality: there is Unity behind Diversity.<BR/><BR/>P.S. May I suggest a reading of Jostein Gaarder's <I>Maya,</I> if you are very interested in the subject. After <I>Sophie's World,</I> I have found <I>Maya</I> a thoughtful way to understand Unity.Ramla Akhtarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11982021134330309416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595288.post-1157304695276170072006-09-03T22:31:00.000+05:002006-09-03T22:31:00.000+05:00good going Ramla. I have been thinking lately, in ...good going Ramla. I have been thinking lately, in fact working lately, on how language carries the whole of a nation's psyche and culture. And this issue has been intriguing me that there is so much similarity between different cultures and languages. Esp. arabic and hebrew are very close in sound and meaning..urdu and persian are close...derivatives one of another, of course. I was wondering if it would really be a good idea for the world to be 'globalized' thus by bridging gaps between the semantics of various languages. But no, i would rather NOT have it that way. I would rather love the diversity therein..<BR/><BR/>just a random thought :)<BR/><BR/> keep dreaming right!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com