Evolution of language.
Evolution of language.
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10.1001/jama.1984.03350080015006
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1984-08
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W. Strange
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W. Strange
致编辑Robertson和Robertson 1的文章《科技英语的主导地位》是很有意思的。要求有一种单一的科学英语也许是好的，但每一种“语言”的发展过程都比一般情况下的简单“分裂”要复杂得多，而且语言一旦“分裂”，就很难再结合起来。一个标准的科学英语永远不会成为现实。事实上，问题可能是标准的美国英语还能保持多久。“在我们美国的教育体系中，人们发现越来越少的人学习高级阅读。人们给出了许多理由，但很少或从未讨论过一个简单的事实，即历史上的人们普遍渴望阅读他们的口语，而厌恶阅读外语，包括不是他们口语的方言。尽管很痛苦
To the Editor.— The article entitled "The Dominance of Scientific English" by Robertson and Robertson 1 is of interest. The plea for a single scientific English may be a good one, but each "language" developed by a process more complicated than a simple "split," as is generally the case, and languages once "split" scarcely ever reunite. The one standard scientific English will never be a reality. In fact, the problem may be how long the standard American English will remain "standard." It is being observed in our American educational system that fewer and fewer people learn to read at an advanced level. Many reasons are given, but rarely or never discussed is the simple fact that people throughout history have generally had a hankering for reading their spoken language and an aversion for reading foreign languages, including dialects that are not their spoken dialect. As painful as it may be