tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post3686442741777515410..comments2024-03-14T16:17:34.578+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Linguistics and EcologyCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-5960418273487422902009-01-10T22:51:00.000+00:002009-01-10T22:51:00.000+00:00This is fascinating. I am very interested in dial...This is fascinating. I am very interested in dialects, as my own has become an endangered species (southern Outer Banks of the US). Development has threatened the existence of the people and animals. With that threat, language is also lost. As you so beautifully put it, there is a circular loss among people, animals, and the landscape. <BR/><BR/>Then there are those like me who have moved away due to loss of jobs. Our livelihood is also threatened by development. Other people not far away from me have the same problem (like the Geechee/Gullah communities). They have such an interesting history. It would be a shame to lose their culture, and I'm glad many are working to preserve it. I can't wait to read this book.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your kind comments at my site. It has been a pleasure to meet you over these past few weeks, and I look forward to reading more of your work in the coming year. It is a joy to know that many people like you care about the earth and her people. Keep up the beautiful work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-14816218346191430252009-01-10T16:08:00.000+00:002009-01-10T16:08:00.000+00:00I'll be adding these to my reading list too. It's...I'll be adding these to my reading list too. It's an important and very interesting topic.Deb Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729615248033326334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-42428242129388304462009-01-10T01:07:00.000+00:002009-01-10T01:07:00.000+00:00CG,Goes to the top of my reading list. In college,...CG,<BR/>Goes to the top of my reading list. In college, I studied linguistics for one of my degrees.Thx!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-70777893237427769572009-01-09T21:30:00.000+00:002009-01-09T21:30:00.000+00:00I’ll add another recommendation for the Mark Abley...I’ll add another recommendation for the Mark Abley book, and perhaps I should try the David Crystal one. Languages are arguably the greatest of all the fruits of human ingenuity, and it’s a tragedy that so many are being lost, along with their unique ways of looking at the world. Here in Britain we often hear arguments against ‘wasting’ money in supporting indigenous minority languages, but I imagine the complainers are the same people who welcome the building of Trumptown on the Aberdeenshire dunes – the kind of people who, to misquote Oscar Wilde, know the price of everything but the value of nothing.<BR/><BR/>(On a cheerier and entirely unrelated note, I just wanted to mention that I finally saw my first redwings of the season today!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-1519356654693471892009-01-09T20:34:00.000+00:002009-01-09T20:34:00.000+00:00yes the Mark Abley book is really interesting espc...yes the Mark Abley book is really interesting espcially as I am learning one of those endangered languages - Yiddish<BR/><BR/>Mary<BR/>www.creativevoyage.co.ukmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283232087608204449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-69122741915183746952009-01-09T11:10:00.000+00:002009-01-09T11:10:00.000+00:00I'd really recommend the Mark Abley book too. Than...I'd really recommend the Mark Abley book too. Thanks for the other two recommendations.Susan Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469360862238379899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-15542224695442651742009-01-08T23:23:00.000+00:002009-01-08T23:23:00.000+00:00So true that loss of languages, especially indigen...So true that loss of languages, especially indigenous languages, means loss of knowledge of plants and animals . . . . which means loss of long-term human survival skills. <BR/>Good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-79260561482851386062009-01-08T20:41:00.000+00:002009-01-08T20:41:00.000+00:00What a fascinating field that is. There are hundre...What a fascinating field that is. There are hundreds of Aboriginal languages and dialects and their preservation is integral to preserving the intimate and spiritual knowledge of land and life contained in the culture. Diversity is critical in every arena, it seems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-12935757355923315722009-01-08T14:31:00.000+00:002009-01-08T14:31:00.000+00:00Both sound fascinating. I must certainly try to re...Both sound fascinating. I must certainly try to read the Crystal one. Anything by him is, by definition, excellent!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com