ELL: Cultural production

[Marion Gunn]

>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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