[Corpora-List] Phonetic corpora typology

[Angus B. Grieve-Smith]

Mike Maxwell wrote:
> I hate to drag this out, but...
>
> Bryar Family wrote:
>> Yuri: RE: Language vs. Dialect The question is a marvelous one. I'm
>> no expert,  but as any of the linguists on this list can tell you,
>> the terms are politically defined, 
>
> In popular use, that's true.  That is not (supposed to be) the way 
> linguists distinguish language from dialect.
    Why are linguists trying to distinguish language from dialect in the
first place?

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				-Angus B. Grieve-Smith
				grvsmth at panix.com



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