Re: Natlangs as auxlangs
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 19, 2003, 20:26 |
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> > Perhaps from when Japan became a economic superpower in the 90s?
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>The '90s would be when Japan's economy went haywire, wouldn't it? Still, it
True, the major wave was in the 80s, though like all such events, neither
the rise to superpower nor the haywire economy happened at the stroke of
mid-night of the beginning (or end) of a decade.
>remains an economical great power, but the question was _where_ is
>functions
>as a language of international contacts, on a major level.
<shrug> I know persons in the USA and in Brasil whose employers had them
learn Japanese specifically for economic influence and advantage. I well
remember in the 80s when it was hard to find a major high-rise or skycraper
in Seattle or Atlanta which wasn't Japanese owned.
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