On Jan 15, 2008 2:59 PM, John F. Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's interesting. Do you have a copy of that review: (01)
Not a formal review. She's a friend and I forwarded your email to her. (02)
> A book that covers the history of all the major languages of the
> world is almost certain to contain numerous points that could be
> challenged by specialists in any of the areas. On the other hand,
> those specialists have never even attempted to attempted to address
> issues of why some languages have spread rapidly while others have
> died out. (03)
Though I certainly agree that the general question is interesting, I'd
hope that a synthetic view would be founded on the findings of the
regional specialists. She suggests (04)
Charles-Edwards, T.,
"Language and society among the insular Celts AD 400-1000,"
in The Celtic World, ed. M.J. Green (London, 1995), 703-36 (05)
-s (06)
(*) The specialists seem to prefer "English" to "Anglo-Saxon". (07)
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