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Chapter 5-4 Languages

Chapter 5-4 Languages. Key Issue 4: Why do people preserve local languages?. Introduction. - The “distribution” of a language can be a predictor of the fate of an ethnic group. -Language displays the two competing geographic trends… Globalization vs. Local Diversity.

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Chapter 5-4 Languages

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  1. Chapter 5-4Languages Key Issue 4: Why do people preserve local languages?

  2. Introduction • - The “distribution” of a language can be a predictor of the fate of an ethnic group. • -Language displays the two competing geographic trends… • Globalization vs. Local Diversity

  3. I. Preserving Language Diversity • A) Extinct Languages • 1) Amazon • 2) Gothic • 3) European Union • 4) Only 300 languages safe! I speak stegosaurian, you can’t get much more extinct than that!

  4. B) Hebrew • language brought back to life Hebrew

  5. C) Celtic • 1) Germanic Tribes • 2) Welsh/Irish Gaelic • 3) Political/Military Strength • 4) Recent Revival

  6. Agorodd Ysgol y Ffin ar 1af Medi, 2001, i ddiwallu'r galw cynyddol yn Ne Sir Fynwy am addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg. Un o brif ddibenion yr ysgol yw hyrwyddo'r iaith a'r diwylliant Cymraeg er mwyn i'r plant ddatblygu'n siaradwyr Cymraeg naturiol. Addysgir y plant drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Mae'r athrawon yn cyfathrebu â'r disgyblion yn Gymraeg bob amser, ac eithrio yn y gwersi Saesneg sy'n cychwyn ym Mlwyddyn 3. Welsh School Sign

  7. Translation of Previous Slide • Ysgol y Ffin opened on the 1st September, 2001, to serve the growing need in South Monmouthshire for Welsh-medium education.One of the main purposes of the school is to promote the Welsh language and culture in order for the children to develop as natural Welsh speakers. The children are taught through the medium of Welsh. Teaching staff communicate with pupils at all times through the medium of Welsh, with the exception of English lessons which commence in Year 3.

  8. D) Multi-lingual States of Europe (2 examples) • 1) Belgium • 2) Switzerland

  9. E) Isolated Languages 1) Basque – Pyrenees Mountains 2) Icelandic

  10. II. Global Dominance of English $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ A) Need $ $ $ $ B) Lingua Franca $ $ $ $ $ C) Pidgin Language $ $ D) 90% (Europe) E) 500 million (2nd)

  11. III. Expansion Diffusion( 2 ways) • A) In the past… • B) 1st way: English is changing (Ebonics) • C) 2nd way: English is diffusing into other languages

  12. 1) Spanglish

  13. Homework/Rest of Class • Read and Take Notes on the following: 2) Franglais 3) Denglish IV. Other Language Issues (Inserts in Chapter) • A) Language Policy in Australia and New Zealand • B) English on the Internet • C) The Future of French and Spanish in Anglo-America

  14. The End!

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