(2000b). Endangered Native American languages: What is to be done, and why? In J. Crawford (Ed.), At war with diversity: U.S. language policy in an age of anxiety (pp. 52-65). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters
Languages are for communicating with people, learning about their culture, and understanding how different people think. “Open up your mind to the fact that language represents a cultural world view,” says Tim. (Tim说:“了解一门语言远不止从词典里知道几个单词那么简单。”语言是用来与人交流,...
Majoring in Native American studies may also look different attribal colleges and universities,or TCUs, versus another type of higher education institution. Most TCUs are located on or near reservation land and typically serve students in those communities, although non-Native students can...
Some languages float in limbo. UNESCO lists 18 with only one speaker, among themApiaká,DiahóiandKaixánain Brazil;Chanáin Argentina;Pémonoin Venezuela;Taushiroin Peru;Tiniguain Colombia;Yahganin Chile;Patwin,TolowaandWintu-Nomlakiin the USA;Dampelasin Indonesia;Lae,YarawiandLauain Papua Ne...
It concerns what language are spoken in the classroom. Some people argue that because this is America, only English should be spoken in schools. Others argue that America is a melting pot (大熔炉). And if students are able to speak more than one language, it should be accepted and ...
vis-a-vis what we know, what a model such as GPT-3.5 is actually doing internally—what it’s thinking, if you will—has yet to be figured out. Some AI researchers are confident that this will become known in the next 5 to 10 years; others are unsure it will ever be fully ...
In addition, the pioneer scholars in America were faced with the urgent task of recording the rapidly perishing native American Indian languages because there was no written record of them. However, these languages were characterised by features of vast diversity and differences which are rarely ...
C. Buy some beans. 2. What does Andy Clarkes do? A. A public librarian. B. A TV actor. C. A famous lawyer. 3. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Gifts for Jason. B. A baseball game. C. The woman’s retirement. ...
Endangered Native AmericanLanguages: What Is To Be Done,and Why?The threat to linguistic resources is now recognized as a worldwide crisis.According to Krauss (1992), as many as half of the estimated 6000languages spoken on earth are ‘moribund.’ That is, they are spoken onlyby adults who...
B. English has become the world’s language but it’s not pushing out other languages. C. Some English words are put together to make something new. D. There are now about 4 500 million web pages around the world. E. The Internet gives non-native speakers more freedom to use English ...