Babel No More (51 page)

dreaming in,
48
–49

emotional attachment to,
22
,
141
–42,
262

endangered,
9
–10

extinct,
9
–10,
247
,
251
,
293

fatal failure and confusion in,
55

“feel” for,
263
–64

fluency in,
20
,
24
–25,
43
,
46
,
48
,
53
,
72
,
74
,
92
,
95
,
247
,
259

interpreting of,
21
–22,
36
,
45
,
71
,
149
,
153
–54

keeping
up skills of,
24
–25,
105
,
251
,
257
–58

“knowing” of,
22
–24,
48
,
50
–51,
54
,
56

“living” in,
24

love of,
141
–42

mastery of,
44
,
46
,
53
,
74
,
108
,
142

memory decay and,
18
,
73
,
102
n,
137

mimicking of,
46
,
63
,
71
,
231
–32

minority,
80

miscommunication in,
12
,
55
,
157

national,
51
,
84

native speakers of,
9
,
10
,
14
,
18
,
23
,
44
–46,
51
,
56
,
63
,
243
,
261

new languages connected to ancestral,
10

non-native speakers of,
7
–10,
18
,
53
–54,
84

official,
51
,
54
–55,
218

proficiency in,
51
,
53
,
54
,
61
,
104
,
140
–41,
182
,
259

reactivation of,
9
–10,
216

reading of,
12
,
19
,
21
,
34
,
39
,
40
–41,
47
–48,
56
,
116
,
226

receptive skills of,
47
–48

related,
10
,
17

religious myths of,
5
,
12

repetition and clarification in,
55

retention of,
164
–65

simultaneous multilingual uses of,
7
–8,
10
,
11

singing
in,
10
,
88
–89,
136
,
231

sounds and rhythms of,
11
,
231
–32

spoken,
9
,
12
,
19
–24,
43
,
49
,
56
,
81
,
87

structure of,
11
,
56

switching easily among,
11
,
63
,
95
,
137
–40,
225
,
227
,
228

testing of ability in,
6
,
16
–17,
51
,
53
,
109
,
126
,
136
–37,
140
–41,
152
,
182
,
233
n

thinking in,
49

tribal,
21

unification of,
51

written,
9
,
10
,
12
,
21
,
34
,
39
,
56

without written forms,
21

language savants,
94
–99,
283

language scientists,
13
,
16

Lanveur, Miss,
57

Lappish language,
42

Latin language,
4
,
6
,
8
,
23
,
30
,
32
,
43
,
79
,
104
,
118
,
138
,
252

Italian language related to,
17

study of,
33
,
34
,
107

translating into,
34
,
39
,
58

translation of,
30

Vulgate,
58

Latinos,
22

Latvia,
31
,
91
n

Leatherstocking Tales
(Cooper),
40

Lebanon,
108
,
126

Leborgne “Tan Tan,”
156

Leischner, A.,
73
–74

Lenin, Vladimir, brain of,
154
–55,
172

Lenneberg, Eric,
180
–81,
289

Lessing, Ferdinand,
153

Lettish language,
42

Lever, Charles,
5

levitation,
32

levodopa,
237
,
293

Lewan, Magnus,
110

lexicon,
22

Lex Language Project,
see
Hippo Family Club

Library of Congress, U.S.,
154
,
286

Library of Pisa,
6

Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti, The
(Russell),
41
–44,
277
,
285
,
294

linguistic creativity,
46

linguistic families,
34
,
42
,
44

linguistic relativity hypothesis,
49

linguistics,
16
,
68
,
70

LINGUIST List,
234
,
281

linguists,
13
,
22
,
25
,
50
,
67
–68,
80
–83

literacy,
12
,
22
,
33
,
39
–40,
70
,
150

literature,
11
,
13

Lithuania,
91
n

Livonian language,
31

Lomb Kató,
100
,
101
–4,
101,
138
–39,
212
,
215
,
227
,
239
,
263
,
283
–84,
293

London,
41

as most multilingual city,
10
,
71
,
278

Longfellow,
Henry Wadsworth,
75

Lord’s Prayer,
11

Luiseño language,
31
,
267

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 jet crash (1993),
55

MacEachern, Scott,
190
–91,
206