> though we wouldn't think to call it, or Spanish or English, etc. As Francis > puts it, "situational" minority languages. But that just shows how dependent > the term is on context.
To avoid taking credit for this, I took the term from Peter Trudgill's paper, "Ausbau sociolinguistics and the perception of language status in contemporary Europe", Int. J. App. Ling. 1992. :) Fran _______________________________________________ Mt-list mailing list