Re: Reinventing NATLANGs
| From: | Paul Joseph Schleitwiler, FCM <pjschleitwilerfcm@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 10, 2006, 22:00 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Christian Köttl <christian.koettl@...>
wrote:
"Some of the confusion results from very similar expression used for
very different things. E.g. the term "Hochdeutsch" (High German) can
mean Standard German as it is spoken today or as a distinction between
"Niederdeutsch" (Lower German) in Northern Germany, and all the Middle
and Upper German dialects in Southern Germany and the Alps that share
many common features. ... "
Christian
Here is a good exposition of the development of German and the
difference in the use of terms in common usage versus linguistic usage
describing variations of German.
http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~hr/lang/dt-hist.html
and at
http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~hr/lang/dt-dial.html
Gott segnt Sie immer, alle Wege,
Paul
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