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Article in the Economist about languages and their comparative difficulty for speakers of English
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- Subject: Article in the Economist about languages and their comparative difficulty for speakers of English
- From: Colin Wright <colin.wright@denbridgemarine.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:46:05 +0000
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I found this article of interest:
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15108609
It doesn't mention ConLangs at all, but it does talk about features found in
languages other than English, and mentions that a form of Whorfism is making
something of a comeback (or appearance).
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