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Article #3098Re: linguistic dogma
From: simmonds
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 09:41
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 09:41
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in branch A alone will be perceived as "archaic" by speakers of branch >B, and vice versa. Taken as wholes, however, both branches are equally >modern, since they are spoken contemporaneously. Would you say that icelandic is not more archaic than Swedish? My understanding is that an icelander can read the sagas as easily as the daily paper, and I doubt if a modern swede could handle them without extensive help.
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