Discussion Questions:
Does the transmission of knowledge from one person or generation to another depend on language?
What knowledge might be lost if the whole world shared one common language?
Is ambiguity a shortcoming of language that must be eliminated, or can it also be seen as making a positive contribution to knowledge and knowing?
Do all people share an innate knowledge of a universal grammatical structure?
To what extent is it possible, or desirable, to overcome ambiguity in language?
A World of Languages Visualisation
Is there a global language?
Which language is spoken by most people? Does that make it the most important?