Natural and Artificial International Languages: a Typosogist's Assessment

Comrie, Bernard

doi:10.22425/jul.1996.1.1.35

J. Univers. Lang. 1996; 1(1):35-55

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22425/jul.1996.1.1.35

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Natural and Artificial International Languages: a Typosogist's Assessment

Bernard Comrie ¹ ^, ^†

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Abstract

For the purposes of this paper, I will make certain assumptions. I will assume that it is a good thing that there should be an international language, serving the purpose of communication among the peoples and nations of the world I will further assume that the purpose of an international language is best served by there being a single such language, such that representatives of all the world's peoples and nations who wish to engage in international communication would be able to do so by learning a single international language.

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