wide array of death euphemisms

[Laurence Horn]

>         What are L1s?

the only or first language one learns natively is one's L1, then
second one's L2 (and so on).

Larry

>         I would be interested in the views of those, such as DInIs,
>who take care to avoid unduly prescriptivist approaches to language.
>
>John Baker
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
>Of Mark A. Mandel
>Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 1:41 PM
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: wide array of death euphemisms
>
>
>Singlish (Singapore English) is absolutely no basis for comparison. Its
>speakers are not native speakers of English, any dialect. Singlish is
>heavily influenced by their L1s in its phonology, its lexicon, and its
>syntax. In 1998 at Dragon Systems we collected nearly 40 hours of Singapore
>English. It was in all respects an eye-opener (ear-opener?). "Things could
>always be worse" is no excuse.
>
>
>-- Mark A. Mandel
>[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]