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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>On 12/11/08 1:34 PM, "Robert Lawless" <<a href="robert.lawless@wichita.edu">robert.lawless@wichita.edu</a>> wrote:<BR>
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> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Do any of you know of any work by a linguist that focuses on these folk models <BR>
> of easy languages, language that sound nice, where these notions come from, <BR>
> etc., etc.? Robert.<BR>
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</FONT>I don't know. Some parts of this article, such as...<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>It all started with the gorgeous sounds emanating from our crew. Have you <BR>
ever listened to spoken, modern Greek? It pearls right over you, far richer <BR>
than French or Italian – the usual contenders for most lovely language. <BR>
Greek is a crocheted language, an afghan of sound: large bright squares of <BR>
color covering you with their tonal warmth. It's soothing and energizing at <BR>
the same time.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>... are perfect illustrations of the sort of thing I tell my students I’ll <BR>
take points off for repetition of: insupportable blathering nonsense. <BR>
Unless, of course, the blathering nonsense is being used to exemplify <BR>
language attitudes.<BR>
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Ron<BR>
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