tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post8186820017394010352..comments2023-09-25T13:41:12.977+01:00Comments on Brave New Words: Impoverishment: When Languages DieB.J. Epsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07564748493196230467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post-56134270041949283882007-09-27T08:16:00.000+01:002007-09-27T08:16:00.000+01:00Thank you for your comment, Dr. Harrison!I see the...Thank you for your comment, Dr. Harrison!<BR/>I see the book you mentioned is available at my university library, so I am sure you can guess who is off to the library today!<BR/>As for Welsh, my experience down here in the south of Wales has been that people feel it is a pointless burden to be required to study Welsh (and/or to be required to show some Welsh competence when applying for a job) and also a waste of money to have all signs, documents, etc. in both Welsh and English. But I understand that the feelings are different in the north of Wales and also in some small villages in the south. So the government is paying to revitalize the language, but do people really want that?<BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/>BJB.J. Epsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564748493196230467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post-89728046504026988022007-09-27T04:54:00.000+01:002007-09-27T04:54:00.000+01:00B.J. --Thanks for your interest and for this very ...B.J. --Thanks for your interest and for this very enthusiastic synopsis / review of my book.<BR/><BR/>It's not all as bleak as the death metaphor may imply, some languages do get revitalized. (A good book on this topic is Grenoble & Whaley's "Saving Languages"). That seems to be happening now with Welsh. I hope the arguments I presented in my book about loss and impoverishment will help in some small way to motivate people towards revitalization of small languages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com