A sneak peek at the future of what we have got used to calling (a) language
Kanavillil Rajagopalan
Abstract:In this text, I propose to let my imagination run riot about what the future has in store regarding language(s). I undertake this admittedly risky task on the basis of an educated guess and already available clues from what is actually going on. Starting from the premise that what we call language(s) are semiotic reflexes and their by-products of historically given geopolitical configurations, I claim that the fast-changing geopolitics as well as the sweeping changes under way in the way the world is currently… Show more
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