April 13th, 2011

10:51 pm
citāts

Languages don't decline; they change. Getting too attached to one moment in time is like getting too invested in the position of the goo in a lava lamp, McWhorter says. You can be bitter watching them shift, or you can be absorbed by the beauty in the process.

No komentāra par grāmatu "The Power Of Babel: A Natural History Of Language", autors John McWhorter.