> not aware of the fact that English is also a rich language
Quite. For any given language, it’s always those who either least understand it (the ‘Japanese grammar is easy’ people) or speak it natively (the ‘English lacks the poetry of other languages’ types) who underestimate its complexity. Not to mention the additional effect of exoticism.
Anyone who says ‘[language] encodes more information than [language]’ is in most cases talking rubbish — especially when comparing two languages that seem to encode quite enough to be preferred by much of the word.
Quite. For any given language, it’s always those who either least understand it (the ‘Japanese grammar is easy’ people) or speak it natively (the ‘English lacks the poetry of other languages’ types) who underestimate its complexity. Not to mention the additional effect of exoticism.
Anyone who says ‘[language] encodes more information than [language]’ is in most cases talking rubbish — especially when comparing two languages that seem to encode quite enough to be preferred by much of the word.