review of _German: Biography of a Language_

[Mark Mandel]

That's not my department.

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On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Languages do not usually spread
> > because newcomers replace indigenous peoples. Rather, those already >
> there often take up the new settlers' tongue.
>
> What motivates indigenous peoples to do that?
>
> --
> -Wilson
>

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