I liked the article as a thing to read, but aside from a nod to the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis (while admitting it's not a resolved issue) and a description of the loss of various languages in the US,...
I liked the article as a thing to read, but aside from a nod to the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis (while admitting it's not a resolved issue) and a description of the loss of various languages in the US, there's not actually an argument held forth that English being the dominant language or indeed the only language would be a bad thing.
I would be happy if that had been what happened in this article, but the last few paragraphs were suggesting changes for which the author hadn’t laid out either a need or a demand.
I would be happy if that had been what happened in this article, but the last few paragraphs were suggesting changes for which the author hadn’t laid out either a need or a demand.
I wish that English could be a medium of contact WITHOUT displacing local/smaller languages--I wish that it would stay a second language for people. I don't see what can be done about it, though.
I wish that English could be a medium of contact WITHOUT displacing local/smaller languages--I wish that it would stay a second language for people.
I liked the article as a thing to read, but aside from a nod to the Sapir-Worf Hypothesis (while admitting it's not a resolved issue) and a description of the loss of various languages in the US, there's not actually an argument held forth that English being the dominant language or indeed the only language would be a bad thing.
I would be happy if that had been what happened in this article, but the last few paragraphs were suggesting changes for which the author hadn’t laid out either a need or a demand.
I wish that English could be a medium of contact WITHOUT displacing local/smaller languages--I wish that it would stay a second language for people.
I don't see what can be done about it, though.