Re: CHAT: Umberto Eco and Esperanto
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 15, 1999, 0:27 |
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Brian Betty wrote:
> Language isn't a social skill.
I beg to differ, language most certainly IS a social skill. While it
might be true that the ability to acquire language is innate, language
itself is still a social skill, indeed, arguably, THE social skill,
since the use of a community's language is a prerequisite to being a
part of that community.
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