Re: RARA-AVIS: Bon Cop/Bad Cop (was Banff)

From: Steve Novak (Cinefrog@comcast.net)
Date: 03 Nov 2008

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    The notion of 'purity' when speaking about a language, any language (spoken, written...) is no only moot nowadays, but positively inscribed in a cultural and political context...

    We have had this discussion before on rara-avis and I would only refer anybody interested to the writings of Bill Labov, 'father' of sociolinguistics, U of Penn, or any other sociolinguist such as Penny Eckert
    (Stanford)...etc...etc...
      Steve Novak Cinefrog@comcast.net

    On 11/2/08 12:43 PM, "Kevin Burton Smith" <kvnsmith@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

    > Actually, since Quebec was conquered by the British before the French
    > revolution (which allegedly "democratized" the language) there's an
    > argument that the French in Canada is actually "purer" than that
    > spoken in France.
    >
    > Kevin Burton Smith
    > www.thrillingdetective.com

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