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Paul Hopper at the Sunday Forum, Emergent Confusion: Language in the Global Hotspots
Nov 8, 2009 Many local wars and disputes have language at their basis. Even the highly educated First Church Men?s Group, LMNOP, didn't realize that Ali Malalehdan is not an Arab--but what language facts go to defining Arabs as opposed to Iranians, Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Georgians, and Turks? Professor Hopper will discuss how language divides us and informs us.
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