Re: Linguistics in a Colonial World:

Odd he should do that, given that the Nagas,
Kashmiris, Sikkimese et al. see Indians as
colonialists

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
> <fournet.arnaud@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know what you are trying
> > to show with the long uncommented mail
> >
> > As regards "colonial" linguistics,
> > I suppose this means that
> > Europeans should flog themselves once again,
> >
> > The first grammatical description of Bantu
> > dates back to 1570
> > If the Englishman Palsgrave had not written
> > about French in 1530,
> > Bantu would predate French.
> >
> > What is your point M. Kelkar ?
>
> You think M. Kelkar shouldn't try to influence
> scientific discourse by
> trying to capitalize on past sins on the part of the
> ethnic groups of
> some of its practitioners, M. Fournet?
>
>
> Torsten
>
>
>
>

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