Re: Origin of the english language
In article <XIKdne5uJ9YIKGnYnZ2dnUVZ_tOmnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
dstarrboston@xxxxxxxxxxx (David Starr) wrote:
Dialect is a stepping stone to a
new language.
"Language is a dialect with an army", forget who said that though.
Ken Young
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- Re: The whole dialect business
... >> competent language in its own right'? ... These characterise a DIALECT ... > Dialect speakers always understand the Standard form (colloqueal Scots ... English itself didn't develop a standard form until the ...
(soc.culture.scottish) - Re: The whole dialect business
... >>> competent language in its own right'? ... These characterise a DIALECT ... >> Dialect speakers always understand the Standard form (colloqueal Scots ... >> and English both understand The Sun), but they do not always understand ...
(soc.culture.scottish) - Re: The whole dialect business
... >> literal definition of the distinction between dialect and language. ... >> Zealand, RP English, etc.) which are called dialects of English despite ... that linguists routinely call these tongues "languages", specifically, ...
(soc.culture.scottish) - OT Southern Chinese dialects, was: Electric Kettle, was: Hello and Thank You
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(rec.food.drink.tea) - Re: nationalists, languages and dialects
... >> speak the language or dialect that you use in the home, ... happen with two mutually unintelligible "dialects" of German, ...
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