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From: I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk (Ian G Batten)
Subject: Re: Single European Language
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 12:34:58 GMT
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In article <DA5wuM.27F@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> >Or are you going to show me the vibrant, culturally active Esperanto
> >community?  Languages change to reflect the culture in which they are
> >used, and if they have no culture there is little reason to change.
> 
> `Languages change to reflect the culture in which they are used'?
> Care to provide a couple of references to support this statement?
> I'm sure I'm not the only linguist who would be interested to see
> the research which has led to this result.

I was thinking of lexicon and idiom, not grammar.  It was early in the
morning.

ian

