LINGUIST List 16.926

Sat Mar 26 2005

Disc: New: Re: 16.884, Media: Icelanders on a Mission

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Message 1: New: Re: 16.884, Media: Icelanders on a Mission

 Date: 26-Mar-2005
From: Stan Anonby <stan-sandy_anonbysil.org>
Subject: New: Re: 16.884, Media: Icelanders on a Mission


Re: http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-884.html 
 
Maybe the question is, what's a better gauge of language health, language 
purity or language attitudes? 
 
Policing how people speak may be counterproductive. It may annoy young 
Icelanders who are simply trying to communicate in the clearest way they 
can. If Icelandic becomes associated with annoyance, that might be a bigger 
problem than English loanwords. 
 
Stan Anonby



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Icelandic (ICE)




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