Re: Question about Spanish


On 8-Mar-2006, Joachim Pense <spam-collector@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message <1xqw42ldnbg56$.20i2vpt44klr$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>:

Am Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:49:18 GMT schrieb Peter T. Daniels:

No, "deviant" is also a negative-judgment word. The neutral, technical
term is "divergent."

Just looking at the words, I'd say, "Deviation from Spanish" means that a
language moves away from Spanish. "Divergent" means that two languages
become increasingly different, without indicating which is perceived as
moving faster. I'd see a negative judgement in "deviant" only if I
considered Spanish to be the norm.

You're confusing "deviant" with "deviation". Only the former has
negative, usually sexual, connotations.

That said, I want to mention that I am neither a native speaker of English
nor of Linguistese.

--
Jim Heckman
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