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Coulmas, Florian – 1985
The question of what a national language is good for has been asked and answered many times, and the validity of each answer depends on historical circumstances. Many assume that there is a direct relationship between language and nation. Leibniz argued in 1683, at a time when bilingualism was socially stratifying, that nation and language…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Developing Nations, Diachronic Linguistics, Ethnicity
