Modern Languages: Why It Matters

Globalization may lead to the dominance of English, but major cities still showcase a diverse array of languages. Katrin Kohl argues that language diversity is essential for human nature, culture, and technology, and we should care about preserving it as much as we do about biological diversity.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 140 pages
\n Publication date: 18 December 2020
\n Publisher: Polity Press
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It may appear that globalization is causing the entire world to adopt the English language. However, spend some time in any major city, and you are bound to encounter a plethora of languages. Even individuals who speak only one language have distinct ways of addressing their superiors, teachers, close friends, or pets. If you reside in India or Nigeria, you may utilize five different languages throughout a typical day.

Katrin Kohl passionately advocates for the importance of embracing languages in all their diversity. By learning a language, you gain access to a unique world, immerse yourself in a different perspective, and discover innovative ways to communicate with people from diverse cultures on their terms. Kohl argues that language diversity holds immense significance for human societies, sustaining the complexity of human nature, culture, and technology. We should hold it in the same regard as we do the diversity of our biological world.

\n Weight: 198g\n
Dimension: 189 x 132 x 19 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781509540532\n \n