700 Reasons: Reason #317
- Reason: 317
- A language encapsulates its speakers’ history. It does this, most obviously, by expressing, through the grammar and lexicon of its texts, the events which form its past. Even the most casual glance at the reference section of any library conveys the extent to which people are reliant on written language for a full sense of their origins and development, as a nation
- Reference:
- Crystal, D. (2000) Language Death (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
- Related Keywords:
- Diversity, Historical dimension, Identity
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