ELL: Cultural production

[Coelho]

At 11:10 AM 11/20/01 +0800, Mauro Tosco wrote:
>Is English (everywhere), or a national language (in its respective country),
>an expression of "culture"? Certainly not - or not only; they are an
>expression of life.
>How long can you go on having a language for the expression of your culture,
>and another for the expression of your life? That's the question.

I would expect that many stable (?) multilingual societies have just this.
Expect that, perhaps in stable areas with not so much language decline, the
minority language is the one used for 'expression of your life' and a
dominant one is used for 'cultural' stuff. But I'm not sure....

Gail

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