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eppur_se_muova

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2. Nah ... fluency is overkill.

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 02:58 PM

Feb 2012

There's a lot to be said for studying comparative linguistics, rather than pursuing fluency. I know a small amount about many different languages, which has been a bigger help than spending years trying to learn one language really well. Exposure to a wide variety of languages does a lot to bring out hidden assumptions you wouldn't think about otherwise.

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Digital tools 'to save languages' (BBC) [View all] eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 OP

It should be mandatory to be fluent in three languages flamingdem Feb 2012 #1

Nah ... fluency is overkill. eppur_se_muova Feb 2012 #2

+1 BrendaBrick Feb 2012 #3