Erminia Passannanti wrote:
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> Lawrence, at its presente stage, English is experiencing what other
> languages also do - say an openness to heteroglossia, with the word being
> open to semantic changes (as it happens ind ialects). But these stage is
> induced by cyber-realities, the si called global village that make all our
> languages omologate to the needs and standards imposed from the media
> which regulates this interaction.
>
> This is the present imperialist-hegemonic state of affairs, in languages,
> globally.
>
> Stong criticism of this (perverse)state of affairs come from linguistics,
> in the first place, I believe.
>
> Erminia
Don't quite understand. Openness to heteroglossia - a language becoming
larger, richer, more versatile - is a bad thing? A media-manipulated
plot? A reduction of its capabilities?
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