As an old linguist (yes, I have all sorts of weird secrets in my murky
past...) Japanese is indeed an isolated language, but it is not unique in
its evolution - kids in other countries have the same ability to pick up on
slang and trendy new expressions and incorporate them in their everyday
language just as quickly.
/Annie
-----Original Message-----
From: Juergen Specht [mailto:js@nooper.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:53 PM
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Mobile Phones Must Die?
> In what sense can Japanese not be
> compared to other languages in these respects?
It's the speed how the language changes and involves. For example can
one random new talento from Kansai use a Kansai Slang word in
Japanese TV and the next day this word is adopted by thousands
of teenagers.
Read more about japanese as an an isolated language with no
established or generally accepted relationship to other languages
or language-families (it's hard stuff):
http://www.percepp.demon.co.uk/japanese.htm
Juergen
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Received on Tue Jan 23 17:11:47 2001