[stormingheaven] ebonics?

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Fri Aug 20 06:53:26 PDT 1999



>As long ago as Susanne Langer's *Philosophy in a New Key* (1941?) it
>had been pretty well established that the proposition "Language/dialect
>A is superior to language/dialect B (in *any* respect)" is always a
>false proposition. All languages/dialects are essentially perfect means
>of thought and communication in any material sense one can give to
>"perfect."
>
>Carrol

So why aren't there as many great operas written in English as in Italian?

Brad DeLong



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