Оригинал на английском:
59. Languages have always interested scholars as unique phenomena and various scholars sometimes offered absolutely opposite points of view on one and the same aspect of language. Say what you think about these opinions:
1. The desire to have “pure” languages is only natural. Languages should develop according to the patterns prescribed to them by scholars, languages should exist without any borrowings. 2. There are “civilized” languages developed and primitive languages, thus the wide spread view that some languages are better than others can be accepted. 3. It is important to have one language that is artificially created and understood by all inhabitants of our planet as a means of communication. 4. Language helps us to understand ourselves and our society. A lot could be achieved by means of negotiations but not by means of weapons. 5. It is hardly possible to accept the assumption that if people don’t speak like us they are unlike us; and therefore they don’t like us, they are our enemies. 6. People should use only Queen’s English if they speak this language. 7. Grammar is the most important aspect of a language while learning it. 8. Writing is more careful, prestigious and permanent than speech, especially in the context of literature. People should speak as they write.
1. The desire to have “pure” languages is only natural. Languages should develop according to the patterns prescribed to them by scholars, languages should exist without any borrowings. 2. There are “civilized” languages developed and primitive languages, thus the wide spread view that some languages are better than others can be accepted. 3. It is important to have one language that is artificially created and understood by all inhabitants of our planet as a means of communication. 4. Language helps us to understand ourselves and our society. A lot could be achieved by means of negotiations but not by means of weapons. 5. It is hardly possible to accept the assumption that if people don’t speak like us they are unlike us; and therefore they don’t like us, they are our enemies. 6. People should use only Queen’s English if they speak this language. 7. Grammar is the most important aspect of a language while learning it. 8. Writing is more careful, prestigious and permanent than speech, especially in the context of literature. People should speak as they write.