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The re-establishment of good taste: on the role of academies in the 21st century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Sture Allén
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Abstract

Of the multitude of languages, many are endangered and threatened with extinction; this is a great potential loss of witnesses to human perception. Academies should support non-majority languages and oppose the acceleration of their loss due to the rise of computers with programs limited to majority languages.

Type
Mini-Focus: Postmodernism
Information
European Review , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 103 - 107
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1998

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