Weltsprache und Wissenschaft Gedanken über die Einführung der internationalen Hilfsprache in die Wissenschaft

Abstract

THAT an international language for scientific communication is desirable no one will question; that an artificial language will ever be generally adopted for such a purpose is more than doubtful. If success in this direction is to be attained, it will probably be on the lines indicated in the present pamphlet, which is a kind of unofficial manifesto of the “Délégation pour l'adoption d'une langue auxiliaire Internationale” appointed in 1900. A commission including scientific and linguistic experts of different rationalities is more likely to devise an acceptable language than any in dividual, who of necessity suffers from the prejudice of his mother-tongue and a comparatively limited knowledge of the requirements of the new medium. After seven years' deliberation, the international delegation has adopted most of the principles of Esperanto, but with great modifications in detail.

Weltsprache und Wissenschaft. Gedanken über die Einführung der internationalen Hilfsprache in die Wissenschaft.

By L. Couturat O. Jespersen R. Lorenz W. Ostwald L. Pfaundler. Pp. iv + 83. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1909.) Price 1 mark.