Quotes by Andrew Dalby, Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future

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The fact that in the twentieth century a greater proportion of the people in the world could communicate with one anothe — Andrew Dalby, Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future
On the basis of this information, it would be possible to argue that if everybody spoke English (or Chinese or Esperanto — Andrew Dalby, Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future
Teachers were powerful enough to kill the indigenous languages: they are not powerful enough to bring them back to life. — Andrew Dalby, Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future
It happens all too often - people regret that their language and culture are being lost but at the same time decide not — Andrew Dalby, Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future
If two thousand five hundred languages are to be lost in the course of the twenty-first century, don’t be in any doubt a — Andrew Dalby, Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future
Words for completely novel concepts and technical breakthroughs are devised as soon as needed, explained with ease and a — Andrew Dalby, Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Future