“Words for completely novel concepts and technical breakthroughs are devised as soon as needed, explained with ease and absorbed with scarcely an effort by all who need them. This ability to innovate in language is crucial to every scientific advance,… — Andrew Dalby Copy Share Image
“Teachers were powerful enough to kill the indigenous languages: they are not powerful enough to bring them back to life.” — Andrew Dalby Copy Share Image
“On the basis of this information, it would be possible to argue that if everybody spoke English (or Chinese or Esperanto for that matter)… — Andrew Dalby Copy Share Image
“If two thousand five hundred languages are to be lost in the course of the twenty-first century, don’t be in any doubt about what… — Andrew Dalby Copy Share Image
“The fact that in the twentieth century a greater proportion of the people in the world could communicate with one another, using English or… — Andrew Dalby Copy Share Image
“It happens all too often - people regret that their language and culture are being lost but at the same time decide not to… — Andrew Dalby Copy Share Image
“Words for completely novel concepts and technical breakthroughs are devised as soon as needed, explained with ease and absorbed with scarcely an effort by… — Andrew Dalby Copy Share Image
