Revival of Hebrew
Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Semester: Year 2 Semester 2
UALL2034 SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Assignment 1: Reaction Paper
Lecturer : Ms. Manmeet Kaur a/p Senthok Singh
Journal Title : Micro language planning and the revival of Hebrew: A schematic framework
NAME | ID NO. | COURSE | 1. Teh Hon Yu | 1101485 | EL |
INTRODUCTION In the 21st century, the world has become more connected than ever. Cultures are exchanged, news broadcasted in the blink of an eye and the world spread out and accessed with the click of a button.
But with the good, comes the bad. Globalization is taking its toll. We are seeing the deaths of minority and tribal languages on a massive scale. It is projected that by the end of the century, more than half of the world’s languages will become extinct. This staggering loss of linguistic diversity comes as speakers of native tongues shift to more powerful regional and world languages. Linguists have attempted to stem the tide by initiating language revitalization campaigns in the most vulnerable communities.
Moshe Nahir, from the Department of Linguistics of the University of Manitoba, in his article entitled Micro language planning and the revival of Hebrew: A schematic framework (1998), has attempted to discover the elements essential for the successful revival of a language through an in-depth analysis of the sociolinguistic situation present in pre-Israel Palestine that allowed for Hebrew’s dramatic resurrection, in the hopes of finding a generalizable formula to be applied to future revival efforts.
The article was sourced from journals.cambridge.org.
SUMMARY
The Jewish community in pre-Israel Palestine consisted of a multilingual “Babel Generation” which impeded their unity. The revival of Hebrew is often seen as a unique case as it remains among the few successful attempts at reversing language shift. A distinction is made between “language revival”, which has
Semester: Year 2 Semester 2
UALL2034 SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Assignment 1: Reaction Paper
Lecturer : Ms. Manmeet Kaur a/p Senthok Singh
Journal Title : Micro language planning and the revival of Hebrew: A schematic framework
NAME | ID NO. | COURSE | 1. Teh Hon Yu | 1101485 | EL |
INTRODUCTION In the 21st century, the world has become more connected than ever. Cultures are exchanged, news broadcasted in the blink of an eye and the world spread out and accessed with the click of a button.
But with the good, comes the bad. Globalization is taking its toll. We are seeing the deaths of minority and tribal languages on a massive scale. It is projected that by the end of the century, more than half of the world’s languages will become extinct. This staggering loss of linguistic diversity comes as speakers of native tongues shift to more powerful regional and world languages. Linguists have attempted to stem the tide by initiating language revitalization campaigns in the most vulnerable communities.
Moshe Nahir, from the Department of Linguistics of the University of Manitoba, in his article entitled Micro language planning and the revival of Hebrew: A schematic framework (1998), has attempted to discover the elements essential for the successful revival of a language through an in-depth analysis of the sociolinguistic situation present in pre-Israel Palestine that allowed for Hebrew’s dramatic resurrection, in the hopes of finding a generalizable formula to be applied to future revival efforts.
The article was sourced from journals.cambridge.org.
SUMMARY
The Jewish community in pre-Israel Palestine consisted of a multilingual “Babel Generation” which impeded their unity. The revival of Hebrew is often seen as a unique case as it remains among the few successful attempts at reversing language shift. A distinction is made between “language revival”, which has
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