LL-L "Language planning" 2006.01.18 (08) [E]

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18 January 2006 * Volume 08
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From: Clarkedavid8 at aol.com <Clarkedavid8 at aol.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language planning" 2006.01.18 (05) [E]

In a message dated 18/01/2006 20:30:41 GMT Standard Time, 
lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET writes:


  Karl asked: "Outside of the Spanish College and Norway and Iceland and
  Greece's Katharevousa (a sort of old/new greek blend) has anyone else
  attempted such a thing?"


In the 19 century when the modern Italian state was created, modern standard 
Italian was recreated from the 13 - 14 century Italian of Dante, rather than 
from the 19 century dialects. This means that some lines of Dante still read 
like modern Italian. I dont hink you could find any lines in Chaucer that 
read like modern English, even though Chaucer is a couple of generations 
after Dante.

Also, modern Hebrew and Cornish have been resurrected from ancient dead 
languages. The same could be said of written Scots, in so far as it exists 
at all.

David Clarke 

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