Re: future language

From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 23:52:18 BST

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    This article by Ray Kurzweil explains the trends I was talking about that
    will lead to language becoming an internal exchange rather than an external
    exchange based on the manipulation of sound waves.

    http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0184.html

    It also explains the exponential increase of vocabulary items as well as the
    reasons for it, though not directly as it is more concerned with technology
    than linguistics.

    Cheers,

    Grant

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