ELL: Cultural production

[deekonda narsingarao]

thank you for your kind gesture.
deekonda narsinga rao

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 Marion Gunn wrote :
> >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
>
> That is also true. What you describe above is another
> stage of
> domination/decline (a reflection of different
> circumstances).
> mg
>
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