tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post500687310989258299..comments2023-05-02T10:52:43.408-04:00Comments on Church of the Big Sky: Hooray for The Linguists!Merujohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14123831956012950960noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-17542191350739623112007-12-06T19:52:00.000-05:002007-12-06T19:52:00.000-05:00I personally think that archiving as much as we ca...I personally think that archiving as much as we can is great, but we have to realize that the death of language is a natural part of our existence, just like death itself. And we also have to remember that "death" isn't really "the end" in either case. As people affect the other people around them, sending ripples out to change the world, so too do languages change other languages around them.<BR/><BR/>It's not like every language is fixed and then they just sort of die when fewer and fewer people speak them. The languages we know today were not the same even a hundred years ago. The languages we currently speak are descended from other languages that are already dead. All languages are growing and changing, all the time.<BR/><BR/>We can't stop language evolution, and it's silly to try. People who are nuts over grammatical "rules" that make no sense, like avoiding ending a sentence with a preposition when that formation is far more natural than our attempts to avoid it, remind me of the old "Those damn kids and their ____" complaint. Just because things aren't the way they were when you were growing up doesn't mean there's something wrong. It just means things change.<BR/><BR/>That said, I see nothing wrong with appreciating the beauty of languages both past and present :) And I believe the more languages we study, the more we can come to understand about humanity...culture and society, of course, but beyond that, how our brains work.<BR/><BR/>Man, sometimes I really wish I had found employment that had something to do with my linguistics degree ;>Heather Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04962932701620185508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-15691930546193354802007-12-04T18:21:00.000-05:002007-12-04T18:21:00.000-05:00I wonder if these dudes are cunning? teehheee cunn...I wonder if these dudes are cunning? teehheee cunning linguists? I am so immature. <BR/><BR/>Anyway I heard a special on CBC radio about dying languages and it was fascinating but there really is some debate on if we should be actively trying to save languages that are dying- especially if the speakers of it don't seem to be interested in saving them. Food for thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-65622214959618273932007-12-04T10:19:00.000-05:002007-12-04T10:19:00.000-05:00Hate to be the wiseass (what am I saying, I love b...Hate to be the wiseass (what am I saying, I love being a wiseass). Anyway, shouldn't linguists have be able to come up with a better title than "The Linguists"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-59641515875539963282007-12-03T18:00:00.000-05:002007-12-03T18:00:00.000-05:00Sounds like fun!And sorry to hear about your freak...Sounds like fun!<BR/><BR/>And sorry to hear about your freaky person troubles (the feed sometimes holds on to posts that have been erased for a few hours). That has got to be very scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-7423682862712719272007-12-03T12:54:00.000-05:002007-12-03T12:54:00.000-05:00Wow, that is awesome. Hopefully I'll get to see t...Wow, that is awesome. Hopefully I'll get to see the movie someday!Heather Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04962932701620185508noreply@blogger.com