Я сейчас читаю одну прекрасную книгу, которую можно цитировать хоть всю, и в частности - вот, поразившее меня в самое сердце: The Spanish response to this vast linguistic challenge was unprecedented in world history. They established a printing press in Mexico in 1534, and within 40 years had published grammars of Tarascan, Nahuatl, and the Quechua language of Peru. By 1700, 21 grammars of Amerindian languages had been published, compared to 23 for all European languages by the same date. Four... read more
