LL-L "Language politics" 2012.05.24 (01) [EN]

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk
Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2012.05.23 (01) [EN]

The important thing to remember is that in the post Roman Empire times,
when Latin was the "World", or at least European language, it was actually *
nobody's* language. It allowed Newton to communicate with Leibnitz, but
gave neither a native speaker advantage - or disadvantage.
English, or indeed Mandarin, will never achieve that position.

Paul
Derby
Danelaw



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From: Mike Morgan mwmbombay at gmail.com
Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2012.05.23 (01) [EN]

R/R wrote:
>  Imagine: a patient sits in the exam room, and one or two doctors join
the attendant doctor to discuss the case ... *in English* ... and the
> attendant doctor then relates the gist of it to the patient ... in
Italian, probably peppered with English terminology.

Sounds EXACTLY like the way things are in specialty departments in
hospitals in Bombay/Mumbai ... not because I have ever been in a hospital
in Bombay/Mumbai (knock on wood!), but as told me by doctor acquaintances
who do rounds at such hospitals in Bombay .... and by sign language
interpreters who have accompanied Bombay Deaf to such departments for
treatment.

mwm || *U* C > || mike || мика  || माईक || マイク || மாய்க் (aka Dr Michael W
Morgan)
sign language linguist / linguistic typologist
academic adviser to "Nepal Sign Language Training and Research Centre"
project
NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal

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