As we stand at the brink of a terminal decline in the worldâ s languages, and the rise of the hegemonic 'super-tongue', this is a personal and engaging account of how we can stop the race towards the extinction of linguistic diversity.
As we stand at the brink of a terminal decline in the worldâ s languages, and the rise of the hegemonic 'super-tongue', this is a personal and engaging account of how we can stop the race towards the extinction of linguistic diversity.
James Griffiths is Asia Correspondent at the Globe and Mail, currently based in Hong Kong. He was previously a senior producer at CNN International, where he reported on the ground from Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. He is the author of Speak Not: Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language (Zed Books, 2021).
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EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION PART ONE: WELSH 1. Blue Books2. Fire and Fury 3. Signs of Change 4. Bilingual Nation INTERLUDE: AFRI-CAN'TPART TWO: HAWAIIAN5. The Princess Who Was Promised6. Sandwiched Islands7. I Mua Kamehameha 8. Ke Ea Hawaii9. Road Closed Due to Desecration INTERLUDE: THE OLD, NEW TONGUE PART THREE: CANTONESE10. Dialectics 11. A Chinese Alphabet 12. Common Tongue 13. 'Cantonese Gives You Nasal Cancer' 14. Sounds of Separatism 15. Language PlateauEPILOGUE AUTHOR'S NOTE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION PART ONE: WELSH 1. Blue Books 2. Fire and Fury 3. Signs of Change 4. Bilingual Nation INTERLUDE: AFRI-CAN'T PART TWO: HAWAIIAN 5. The Princess Who Was Promised 6. Sandwiched Islands 7. I Mua Kamehameha 8. Ke Ea Hawaii 9. Road Closed Due to Desecration INTERLUDE: THE OLD, NEW TONGUE PART THREE: CANTONESE 10. Dialectics 11. A Chinese Alphabet 12. Common Tongue 13. 'Cantonese Gives You Nasal Cancer' 14. Sounds of Separatism 15. Language Plateau EPILOGUE AUTHOR'S NOTE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION PART ONE: WELSH 1. Blue Books2. Fire and Fury 3. Signs of Change 4. Bilingual Nation INTERLUDE: AFRI-CAN'TPART TWO: HAWAIIAN5. The Princess Who Was Promised6. Sandwiched Islands7. I Mua Kamehameha 8. Ke Ea Hawaii9. Road Closed Due to Desecration INTERLUDE: THE OLD, NEW TONGUE PART THREE: CANTONESE10. Dialectics 11. A Chinese Alphabet 12. Common Tongue 13. 'Cantonese Gives You Nasal Cancer' 14. Sounds of Separatism 15. Language PlateauEPILOGUE AUTHOR'S NOTE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION PART ONE: WELSH 1. Blue Books 2. Fire and Fury 3. Signs of Change 4. Bilingual Nation INTERLUDE: AFRI-CAN'T PART TWO: HAWAIIAN 5. The Princess Who Was Promised 6. Sandwiched Islands 7. I Mua Kamehameha 8. Ke Ea Hawaii 9. Road Closed Due to Desecration INTERLUDE: THE OLD, NEW TONGUE PART THREE: CANTONESE 10. Dialectics 11. A Chinese Alphabet 12. Common Tongue 13. 'Cantonese Gives You Nasal Cancer' 14. Sounds of Separatism 15. Language Plateau EPILOGUE AUTHOR'S NOTE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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