<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div class="ydp9592274aMsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify;line-height:17.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:270.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Empyre,</span></div><div class="ydp9592274aMsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt;text-align:justify;line-height:17.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;tab-stops:270.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks for the new information. The month's theme seems very interesting and especially apt. I find the usage of terroir particularly
interesting, finding it rather close to Derridean differAnce. One kind of
nonsameness of course is linguistic. I imagine most on this listserv are
already familiar with positions stressing the importance of extending
biodiversity to linguistic diversity. I’d just like to add a link to an article
by Albert Bastadas-Boada of the U.
of Barcelona, /Linguistic
sustainability for a multi-lingual humanity/. Briefly, citing from the article:
/Just as sustainable development does not <span class="ydp9592274als6wsa1">negate the
development and the desire </span>for material improvement of human societie<span class="ydp9592274als7wsde">s but at one and the same time wants to </span>maintain
ecosystemic balance with nature, so linguistic sustainability accepts
polyglottisation and inte<span class="ydp9592274als3wse1">rcommunication among groups and pe</span><span class="ydp9592274als15wse2">rsons yet still calls for the </span>continuity and full
development of human li<span class="ydp9592274alsdwse4">nguistic groups./ Terroir aspects
then, for this neophyte to Randall’s work at least, would seem to be very
applicable to linguistic sustainability. I’m sure you’re way ahead of me. IAC
the article is easy to search up. Its bibliography is also interesting. The link is /https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236214159_Linguistic_Sustainability_for_a_Multilingual_Humanity/</span></span></div>
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Best wishes, William <br></span></span></p>
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