Lost Language
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The Lost Language
The quest to save the words of a dying language - and to find the words to save what may be a dying friendship - lies at the heart of this exquisite verse novel. Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extinction; Betsy's mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever. But it is Lizard who, gripped by the magnitude of this loss, challenges Betsy, "What if, instead of WRITING about dying languages, like your mom, you and I SAVED one instead?" As the girls embark on their quest to learn as much as possible of the near-extinct language of Guernésiais (spoken on the Isle of Guernsey, off the coast of France), their friendship faces unexpected strains. With Lizard increasingly obsessed with the language project, Betsy begins to seek greater independence from her controlling and charismatic friend, as well as from her controlling and charismatic mother. Then tragedy threatens Betsy's life beyond what any words can express, and Lizard does something unthinkable. Maybe lost friendships, like lost languages, can never be completely saved. An NCTE Notable Verse Novel A Charlotte Huck Recommended Book A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book! A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
The Lost Language
The American language is in a state of crisis. Once the lingua franca of the world, English is now losing ground to other languages, both at home and abroad. In the United States, the number of people who speak English as their first language has declined by 10% in the past decade. This decline is due to a number of factors, including globalization, technology, and the changing demographics of the United States. Globalization has led to the rise of a new form of English, known as global English. Global English is a standardized and simplified form of English that is easier for people from different cultures to understand. As a result, global English is increasingly being used as a second language, rather than a first language. This is having a negative impact on the status of American English as the lingua franca of the world. Technology is also having a significant impact on the American language. The internet and social media have made it easier for people to communicate with each other across borders, and this has led to the spread of new words and phrases that are not always familiar to American English speakers. This is making it more difficult for American English speakers to understand each other, and it is also leading to the loss of some of the unique features of American English. The changing demographics of the United States is another factor that is contributing to the decline of American English. The United States is becoming increasingly diverse, and this is leading to a greater variety of languages being spoken in the country. As a result, American English is no longer the only language that is spoken in the United States, and this is having a negative impact on its status as the lingua franca of the world. The decline of American English is a serious problem. It is a threat to our culture and our economy. If we want to preserve the American language, we need to take action. We need to invest in language education, and we need to promote the use of American English in all aspects of our lives. **This book is a call to action. It is a call to action to preserve the American language. This book will provide an overview of the factors that are contributing to the decline of American English, and it will offer some suggestions for how we can reverse this trend.** If you like this book, write a review!
The Lost Language of Cranes
Author: David Leavitt
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date: 2014-06-03
Presents the story of Philip Benjamin, a young man haunted by images of his staid, middle-class parents and frightened by the thought of revealing his homosexual identity to them.