16.926, Disc: New: Re: 16.884, Media: Icelanders on a Mission

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LINGUIST List: Vol-16-926. Sat Mar 26 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.926, Disc: New: Re: 16.884, Media: Icelanders on a Mission

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Date: 26-Mar-2005
From: Stan Anonby < stan-sandy_anonby at sil.org >
Subject: New: Re: 16.884, Media: Icelanders on a Mission

	
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:48:18
From: Stan Anonby < stan-sandy_anonby at sil.org >
Subject: New: Re: 16.884, Media: Icelanders on a Mission



Re: http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-884.html

Maybe the question is, what's a better gauge of language health, language
purity or language attitudes?

Policing how people speak may be counterproductive. It may annoy young
Icelanders who are simply trying to communicate in the clearest way they
can. If Icelandic becomes associated with annoyance, that might be a bigger
problem than English loanwords.

Stan Anonby


Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Icelandic (ICE)




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