Linguistic distance: a quantitative measure of the distance between english and other languages
This paper develops a scalar or quantitative measure of the ‘distance’ between English and a myriad of other (non-native American) languages. This measure is based on the difficulty Americans have learning other languages. The linguistic distance measure is then used in an analysis of the determi...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Routledge
2005
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44965 |