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MoltkeWarding
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For instance: the stylistic preference for active or passive case within a language has important socio-intellectual implications. The stylistic mutation of a verb-centered sentence structure to one padded with adjectival qualifiers represents not only aesthetic changes, but important mental ones too. This is a very troublesome topic, requiring immense background knowledge of lingustic history and comparative linguistics, because it is very difficult to reflectively analyse the language on which all our thoughts are dependent. | ||
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
crap, mixing reality with anime. | ||
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MoltkeWarding
5195 Posts
French remained the dominant international language during the 19th century, when she was quickly overtaken by the United Kingdom and Germany in national power. As late as 1940, French held its own against German and English. If on the other hand, the British Empire were a decrepit, backward and mentally stagnant culture like China, English could never have expanded throughout the world, regardless of her military or material power. The rise of Latin, French, German, English, etc. could not have existed without cultural prestige. The French intellectual, the English gentleman, the German scientist, the Latin monk, Hollywood, all played roles at least as important as their armies and fleets. | ||
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
Adeny is right in how English spread and though Countries like China will become one of the major powers and Chinese would be good to learn for reference, a language that is ever changing and molding to fit the century will nvr be replaced by something as strict as Chinese. | ||
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p4ge
Canada160 Posts
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50bani
Romania480 Posts
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