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This essay had been done by one of writers, and i removed some paragraph so i keep it more simple. What i need now is a good conclusion by summarizing the main idea of the essay. Moreover, i also want to connect to the first body paragraph to the second and the third to the fourth. I will copy paste the essay because i don’t have Word or something like it.
John McWhorter reveals a number of themes to the reader, which are all related to languages with the focus on English and the move to make it universal. McWhorter admits that many languages exist and gives an appropriate number of 6000 languages; however, learning any of them is quite challenging. Each language has its own set of dialects, which cannot be learned within a single night. Even the books stores that sell foreign language self-teaching tests do not help as much because students end up learning phrases that they do not even utilize in normal conversations. The main themes and ideas of the article include culture and language, threat of linguistic death, aesthetic value of a language and use of English language.<br /><br />
Culture and Language <br /><br />
John McWhorter maintains that a language’s death cannot lead to oblivion of any culture but it defines culture largely. He says, “Certainly language is a key aspect of what distinguishes one group from another” (McWhorter web). Language helps to define how a certain cultural group pronounces its words and that is what makes it different from another within or in geographical location.<br /><br />
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The threat of linguistic death <br /><br />
There is an imminent threat around the world. Linguistic death is real and McWhorter brings up the probability that the 6000 languages in different parts of the world could reduce to 600 within the next hundred years. He attributes this threat to immigration in that immigrants in America try to fit in by learning English. Immigration is also one threat facing indigenous languages across different parts of the world. As people migrate to cities, they learn languages like English in order to interact freely. However, the children who are born thereafter would embrace that language as their official dialect to the detriment of their own.
The aesthetic value of a language <br /><br />
Language may define a culture, but when it dies, it leads to loss of its aesthetic value. As a result, the language is prone to lose the aesthetic value does, which may not affect culture in any way. In his defense he asserts,” the click sounds in certain African languages are magnificent to listen to…” (McWhorter web). This indicates that the author supports the fact that despite the multi-languages that exist, each of them has a value to the natives and other individuals which a different language.
English has become the official language around the world. The tongue will be used on future than any other language. The proliferation in its use could be attributed to globalization and cultural extermination to name but a few top factors. The increasing universality of English is likely to lead to the death of an estimated 600 languages, which are considered as the last in the next hundred years (McWhorter web). Consequently, the linguistic future lies with the use of English language but the indigenous language can only live if there is form of isolation. That is the way to maintain the 6000 languages. <br /><br />