Re: Expressiveness


Des Small wrote:
"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.


I haven't read them but I have heard of them. The problem I see is
that the dogmatic style is liable to make the claim less convincing
rather than more.

--
Seán O'Leathlóbhair

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