From: Vincent DeCaen <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: BH and "language myths"
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:44:00 -0500 (EST)
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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