History of the Universal Language: Three Centuries of Exploration

Author: John Sglett
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Publish Date: 1999-07-01
Features: This work studies the historical development of the idea of international auxiliary languages, which falls under the category of interlingual languages. In the first chapter, the book discusses and affirms the argument about the class nature of language, and these chapters, as preserved in the translation, are believed to allow readers to make correct judgments. In the early 1950s, Stalin criticized Mal's erroneous view, which was undoubtedly correct; but from then on, Mal seemed to be completely wrong. In fact, Mal's argument about the artificiality of language (i.e., the possibility of artificially regulating the linguistic writing system) is precisely the theoretical foundation for interlingual linguistics and language planning or script reform in developing countries.