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_One_ value of a second language is the pool of people it lets you communicate with. Another value is whether you can actually learn it well enough to use it.
by D-Coder 9y ago
_One_ value of a second language is the pool of people it lets you communicate with. Another value is whether you can actually learn it well enough to use it.
- dragonwriter 9y agoThe second is not a value of the language, it is a measure of the cost to realize the communication value.
- D-Coder 9y agoCost is part of the value. If I can't afford a BMW, it has no value to me. If I will never become fluent in a language, it has no value to me (at least in some senses).