ONE LANGUAGE FOR THE WORLD
and how to achieve it
by Mario Pei
Parents' Magazine Press • New York
1. THE PROBLEM IN THE PRESENT: THE NEED
1. The jigsaw puzzle of language 2. What you can do with each language 3. What you can't do with each language 4. The immediate need : political and diplomatic 5. The immediate need: military and commercial 6. The immediate need: cultural and scientific 7. What a world language will do for us
2. THE PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE: THE SOLUTION
8. A partial or a complete solution? 9. Two great delusions: logic and ease 10. The problem of the present generation 11. Present and future status of the main contenders 12. Inefficacy of "movements" 13. The only two possible solutions: war or accord 14. The machinery of a peaceful solution 15. Pro and con: the national languages present their candidacy 16. Pro and con: the constructed languages present their candidacy 17. What a world language won't do for us 18. What we must do about a world language
