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Human rights - why language is important - why language is important.

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Sep2015 (Volume) 69
Medium (Periodical) E Magazine: the A-level English magazine.
Classif 820 ENG
Subject English
Page 65 - 67
Authors Mooney, Annabelle
Contents

In what sense is language a human right? Are such rights universal and how far should protection of endangered languages be seen as a human rights issue? What about attitudes to dialects and accents? The author argues that liguistic issues have a powerful place in these debates.

Keywords
Accents     Dialect     Language     Linguistics    


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