LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 22.NOV.2000 (01) [E]

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From: wallace784 [wallace784 at netzero.net]
Subject: LL-L: "Language varieties" LOWLANDS-L, 21.NOV.2000 (07) [E]

> From: Andy Eagle [Andy.Eagle at t-online.de]
> Subject: "Language varieties" [E]
>
> Ethan Barrett wrote:> Subject: Language vs dialect
> >
> > This may be a very amateurish question, and I *am* an amateur, but how > do
> > we
> > distinguish seperate languages from seperate dialects of the same
> language?
> <snip>
>
> There's an discussion of this vis a vis English and Scots on my website
> www.scots-online.org
>
> Click on 'Wir Ain Leid' and then 'Language or Dialect?
>
> All I can say is there's no scientific answer.
>
> Andy Eagle

Thanks for the link Andy if you don't mind will add your site under my
Language page of my site.

Dave =o)
http://scottishthistle.homestead.com/ScottishThistle.html
http://www.suite101.com/join.cfm/305208

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From: john feather [johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk]
Subject: Language varieties

I presume that in using the term "parish language" Roger meant something
other than "non-standard language", which in any case would also cover
"koiné". I would rather try to extract the sense of what he says than object
to his terminology. It is possible that since he is not a native English
speaker he has simply chosen a translation of the more neutral word "gemeente"
which has the wrong overtones? On the other hand there may be some other more
particular reason for choosing it. I should be interested to know.

John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Language varieties

John wrote:


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