The Yiddish linguist Max Weinreich published the expression, A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot ("אַ שפּראַך איז אַ דיאַלעקט מיט אַן אַרמײ און פֿלאָט"‎: "A language is a dialect with an army and navy") in YIVO Bleter 25.1, 1945, p. 13. The significance of the political factors in any attempt at answering the question "what is a language?" is great enough to cast doubt on whether any strictly linguistic definition, without a socio-cultural approach, is possible. This is illustrated by the frequency with which the army-navy aphorism is cited.
The Yiddish linguist Max Weinreich published the expression , A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot ( " אַ שפּראַך איז אַ דיאַלעקט מיט אַן אַרמײ און פֿלאָט"‎ : " A language is a dialect with an army and navy " ) in YIVO Bleter 25.1 , 1945 , p. 13 . The significance of the political factors in any attempt at answering the question " what is a language ? " is great enough to cast doubt on whether any strictly linguistic definition , without a socio - cultural approach , is possible . This is illustrated by the frequency with which the army - navy aphorism is cited .
When did Max Weinrich write "A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot"?
When did Max Weinrich write " A shprakh iz a dialekt mit an armey un flot " ?
1945
1945