Re: Expressiveness

From: Des Small <vonbladet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09 Mar 2006 11:02:58 +0000

"Seán O'Leathlóbhair" <jwlawler@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Please note that I was not arguing against the belief that all
languages are equally expressive. I was just exploring the
foundation of the belief and wondering why it is frequently
expressed so dogmatically.

Read Bodmer's lamentable _Loom of Langwidge_ (regrettably still in
print, but get it from a libry) and Sapir's _Langwidge_. Then you
will know.

Des
's quotidien fish-distribution business is closed
.

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