LING 80C Study Guide - Final Guide: Language Death, Habitat Destruction, Intellectual Property
Document Summary
Any linguist could rave about the severe consequences we face as a result of this loss of. But this mass extinction is not one that is occurring without opposition. Presently our world is faced with a linguistic epidemic of dire proportions and. This epidemic is the swiftly occurring, vast loss of linguistic diversity, or as one could call it, the mass extinction of languages. This extinction is occurring all over the globe, and is one that is linked with the loss of biological and cultural diversity. Languages that feel the most threat from this mass extinction are those of indigenous and native communities, whose languages have been pushed aside and replaced by looming metropolitan languages that seem to promise economic opportunities and opulence. linguistic diversity. These consequences include a degradation or complete loss of cultural and intellectual properties of many different communities.
