Re: THEORY: Languages divided by politics and religion
| From: | Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 26, 2000, 5:36 |
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On 25 May, John Cowan wrote:
>Dan Sulani wrote:
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>> >>As someone once said:
>> >>"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy."
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>Max Weinreich. Here's a citation that was given on Linguist List:
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>'a shprakh iz a diyalekt mit an armey un a flot.'
> Weinreich, M. 1945. Der yivo un di problemen fun undzer
> tsayt. [YIVO and the problems of our time.] Yivo-bleter
> 25.1.13.
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Thanks, John. I'm filing that info away in a safe place!
(_Not_ my trusty [rusty? :-) ] brain.) Next time, I'll be able to properly
cite it.
Dan Sulani
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