I really liked the discussion we had about "language [being] a barrier to modern progress". I have found that of the topics we have discussed throughout this course, the ones that interest me the most are the ones I feel the strongest about.
I feel that language is so unique and beautiful that to call it a barrier between the old and the new is ignorant. I think that language is a link between past and present. The differences between the many forms of language is something we should hold onto; not something we should try to eliminate.
To me, the people who call language a barrier in this way (with the intention of trying to fix the problem by causing other languages to become extinct) have no idea what they would be giving up. I feel very strongly that people should learn more languages, not adhere to one.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
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