August 26, 2003
Language Death

Yesterday the Post carried this article about the findings of two scientists studying why, exactly, some writing systems die out while others live on. Their conclusion? When writing is seen as something only powerful people do for obscure reasons, a system is not long for this world.

Posted by scott at August 26, 2003 08:19 AM

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