LL-L: "Language policies" LOWLANDS-L, 15.NOV.2000 (02) [E]

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From: Bart Hollebrandse [zeeuws2000 at yahoo.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Language policies" LOWLANDS-L, 09.NOV.2000 (01) [E]

> Hello all -
>
> "Marco Evenhuis" <evenhuis at zeelandnet.nl> wrote:
>
> > I don't know whether you find the text below
> > interesting for the discussion
> > list, but feel free to use it if you like. It's
> the
> > reaction (in Dutch
> > only) of the Nederlandse Taalunie on the efforts
> of
> > the Dutch province of Zeeland
> > to get Zeeuws/Zeelandic recognised just as
> > Limburgish and Nedersaksisch are
> > recognised as regional languages.
>
> I think this was interesting to read, a bit scary
> though - apart from the laws and the medieval
> documents they are referring to, how do they "know"
> so
> surely what "is" a dialect and what "is" a regional
> language??
>
> Greetings, Lone E. Olesen

Dear Lone E Olsen,

Honestly, they don't know what the difference
between a language and a dialect is. For linguists
this is completely arbitrary and therefore
uninteresting. However, at a political level it can,
of course make a lot of difference. Only think of the
attempt to get Zeeuws recognized as a European
regional language.

What strikes me this issue is that the Taalunie has a
kind weird opinion: they seem to think that having
dialects recognized will harm the standard language. I
am not so convinced of it. Let only, there doesn't
seem to be much evidence for it (either way of the
argument).

best,
Bart

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From: Bart Hollebrandse [zeeuws2000 at yahoo.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Events" LOWLANDS-L, 10.NOV.2000 (01) [E]

> From: Plautdietsch at aol.com
> Subject: Plautdietsch in San Sebastian
>
> Dear Lowlanders:
>
> yesterday I had the chance to present the Low
> German/Low Saxon Plautdietsch
> at the Multilinguae Congress in San Sebastian.
> Anyone interested in the
> results of the congress should check the following
> web site:
> www.gaia.es/multilinguae
>
> "Aulet Baste"
>
> Peter Wiens

hi,

This is actually a message for Pieter Wiens, but maybe
other participants of the list are interested as well.

I was interested in what they said in the following
talk:
Alastair Macphail / Caroline Loup
European Commission.
The role of the EC in the support of European Minority
languages.

So far it is unclear to me what the European support
of minority languages is, or will be.

Bart

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