INTRODUCTION Language is not only a means of communication used every day to express our selves, but is also an identity of our cultures and represents our lifestyles and communities. Coming to what an endangered language is, the language at risk of falling out of use due to various reasons. Loss of language is a loss of both the identity and the culture of that community. Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a dead language. And if no one speaks the language at all
this essay in English. In fact, I spend most of my time communicating with others, expressing myself, and learning new knowledge in English. Regardless of my race, I, similar to many people across the world, use English as a primary language in my daily life. Most will agree that English is the international language of the world. To this day, English has been the most widely spread language around the globe. It is the official language of over 50 countries and the third most spoken language worldwide
disappearance of indigenous languages has been becoming one of the most serious problems in the world. According to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), more than 2000 languages in the world have 1000 speakers or less, and it is estimated that half of the world’s 7000 official languages will become extinct by the end of the 21st century (Ludovica 2015). This is mainly because most indigenous languages are nowadays replaced by the dominant languages and they are not properly
In order to prevent the female empowerment, social rules and customs were rather biased toward women. Much like everything else that has been discussed in this essay so far, the double standards originate from the structure and values of Early Modern English society. The topic of sexuality was also subjected to laws that favoured men and, according to Bernard Capp, “female sexuality was regarded (by men) as a male possession” (70). Leontes’ words reinforce this argument: “Ere I could make thee open
Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is a Bildungsroman, a coming of age story that focuses on the psychological development of the protagonist, Catherine Morland. This essay will analyse the language and narrative techniques of the extract, and discuss how this excerpt suggests vicissitudes in Catherine’s personal perspectives and relationships. In addition, it will discuss the ‘domestic gothic’ and abuse ubiquitous in ordinary situations. Furthermore, it will argue how Austen’s rhetorical techniques
CHAPTER - I INTRODUCTION “History has come to a stage when the moral man, the complete man, is more and more giving way, almost without knowing it, to make room for the commercial man, the man of limited purpose. This process aided by the wonderful progress in science, is assuming gigantic proportion and power causing the upset of man’s moral balance, obscuring his human side under the shadow of soul-less organization.”- Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, 1917. Aristotle felt that the purpose of