Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Vincent DeCaen <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>]

new to my bookshelf, a little penguin trade-paperback, "Language
Myths", edited by L Bauer and P Trudghill, 1998. according to David
Crystal, "Essential reading for anyone concerned with the nature of
language." of some relevance to this list,

myth 4, French is a logical language
myth 10, Some languages have no grammar
myth 11, Italian is beautiful, German is ugly
myth 19, Aborigenes speak a primitive language

isbn 014-02-6023-4

cheers
V 
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Dr Vincent DeCaen     <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
c/o Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, 4 Bancroft Ave., 2d floor
University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA, M5S 1A1

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