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J. Theodore Schuerzinger
Oct 23, 1992, 5:33:14 PM10/23/92
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I must admit that I don't know Esperanto myself (although I'd love to
learn!), but I'm learning a lot about linguistics as my Russian major
here at Dartmouth is with an emphasis on linguistics. French of course
has the Academie Francaise for determining what new words are
acceptable in French, but too many French words look as if they're
taken from English (have you heard of "Franglais"?). There IS another
language that has solved the problem of neologisms, from what I've read
-- Icelandic. Apparently scholars of Icelandic come up with ways of
expressing all new concepts using originally Icelandic terms. This
allows the language to grow, yet still allows Icelanders to read the
eddas that were written 1000 years ago in the form they were written. I
don't know enough about either Icelandic or Esperanto to know whether
this would be a satisfactory solution, but I thought that those who are
"Esperantists" (I think this is the term I read) might find it
interesting.
learn!), but I'm learning a lot about linguistics as my Russian major
here at Dartmouth is with an emphasis on linguistics. French of course
has the Academie Francaise for determining what new words are
acceptable in French, but too many French words look as if they're
taken from English (have you heard of "Franglais"?). There IS another
language that has solved the problem of neologisms, from what I've read
-- Icelandic. Apparently scholars of Icelandic come up with ways of
expressing all new concepts using originally Icelandic terms. This
allows the language to grow, yet still allows Icelanders to read the
eddas that were written 1000 years ago in the form they were written. I
don't know enough about either Icelandic or Esperanto to know whether
this would be a satisfactory solution, but I thought that those who are
"Esperantists" (I think this is the term I read) might find it
interesting.
Ted Schuerzinger
email: J.Theodore....@Dartmouth.EDU
PS: How does one go about learning Esperanto anyhow?
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