Let Them Die By Kenan Malik From Prospect,November 2000
Let Them Die By Kenan Malik From Prospect, November 2000
Words and Structure expressing the extinction of language When she dies,so will her language. ·Die 。Take.to the grave ·Kill off ·Pass away 。Disappear
Words and Structure expressing the extinction of language • When she dies, so will her language. • Die • Take…to the grave • Kill off • Pass away • Disappear
Para.1:When does a language die? Common sense-when the last speaker dies:Some endangered languages are listed. Language Interaction Produces Bilingual Speakers. Bilingual Individuals:"Drop"Language if not economically useful people stop speaking a language and start speaking another-language shift Most frequently-all speakers shift to other languages -Australia and Americas If every speaker shifts and the original language is no longer spoken anywhere-language death
Para. 1: When does a language die? • Common sense – when the last speaker dies: Some endangered languages are listed. • Language Interaction Produces Bilingual Speakers. • Bilingual Individuals: “Drop” Language if not economically useful • people stop speaking a language and start speaking another – language shift • Most frequently – all speakers shift to other languages – Australia and Americas • If every speaker shifts and the original language is no longer spoken anywhere – language death
Statistics show that some languages are on the verge of extinction. 417 450 0汤 18 250 450 139 400 8 350 100 300 55 5 250 74 87 World Pacific 1 37 Australia 5 Europe 0 Asia Latin America Nearly Extinct North America Africa
Statistics show that some languages are on the verge of extinction
How do languages become extinct? Languages become extinct when a community finds itself under pressure to integrate with a larger or more powerful group. The community is pressured to give up its language and even its ethnic and cultural identity--ethnic Kurds in Turkey,are forbidden by law to print or formally teach their language.Younger speakers of Native American languages,as recently as the 1960s,were punished for speaking their native languages at boarding schools. Outright genocide--When European invaders exterminated the Tasmanians in the early 19th century, an unknown number of languages died
How do languages become extinct? • Languages become extinct when a community finds itself under pressure to integrate with a larger or more powerful group. • The community is pressured to give up its language and even its ethnic and cultural identity -- ethnic Kurds in Turkey, are forbidden by law to print or formally teach their language. Younger speakers of Native American languages, as recently as the 1960s, were punished for speaking their native languages at boarding schools. • Outright genocide -- When European invaders exterminated the Tasmanians in the early 19th century, an unknown number of languages died