首页
登录
职称英语
Which is NOT a factor indicated for the likely extinction of some languages? [br
Which is NOT a factor indicated for the likely extinction of some languages? [br
游客
2025-01-16
30
管理
问题
Which is NOT a factor indicated for the likely extinction of some languages? [br]
While approximately 7,000 languages are spoken in the world today, only about half are expected to survive this century. A number of factors contribute to this loss: increasing globalization, which pushes countries and individuals to shift to national or international languages for economic reasons; lack of support for regional languages in educational systems and mass media; persecution of minority linguistic groups by governments and disruption of communities during war and emigration.
It is difficult to predict the future for any particular language. While some minority languages will thrive for generations to come, many of the world’s languages are moving towards extinction within a generation.
One stressor that may be the tipping point for some communities is climate change. Many small linguistic communities are located on islands and coastlines vulnerable to hurricanes and a rise in sea levels. Other communities are settled on lands where increases in temperature and fluctuations in precipitation can threaten traditional farming and fishing practices.
These changes will force communities to relocate, creating climate change refugees. The resultant dispersal of people will lead to the splintering of linguistic communities and increased contact with other languages. These changes will place additional pressures on languages that are already struggling to survive.
When a language is lost, the result can be a loss of identity, one that may impact the health and vitality of a community for generations to come. The importance of the connection between language and identity can be seen here in Canada.
The loss of a language is also a loss of data needed to better understand human cognition, as happens when a language disappears before its structures and patterns have been documented. It is a loss of knowledge about the world as well, as when descriptive names for plants or practices — still unknown outside a local area — are forgotten.
选项
A、The linguistic community will regain its vitality soon.
B、The structures and patterns of the language will survive in other ways.
C、Some information of human activity will disappear with the language.
D、Some plants in the area will be extinct due to the language loss.
答案
C
解析
语义的理解与判断。根据原文“It is a loss of knowledge about the world as well, as when descriptive names for plants or practices—still unknown outside a local area—are forgotten”可知,伴随着语言的消失,该语言中描述植物或人类实践的词也就消失了,与选项C所述相符。其余三个选项在文中均没有体现。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3915848.html
相关试题推荐
Whoismorelikelytodomilitaryservices?[br][originaltext]Anewreport
Whoismorelikelytodomilitaryservices?[br][originaltext]Anewreport
Whoismorelikelytodomilitaryservices?[br][originaltext]Anewreport
Whoismorelikelytodomilitaryservices?[br][originaltext]Anewreport
WhichisNOTafactorindicatedforthelikelyextinctionofsomelanguages?[br
WhichisNOTafactorindicatedforthelikelyextinctionofsomelanguages?[br
WhichofthefollowingareasislikelytoseethehighestdeclinerateinrealG
WhichofthefollowingestablishmentsintheUKisleastlikelytohavetopayt
WhichofthefollowingestablishmentsintheUKisleastlikelytohavetopayt
WhichofthefollowingestablishmentsintheUKisleastlikelytohavetopayt
随机试题
TheGreeksspendmoremoneyonfoodthan______nationinEurope.A、theotherB、oth
关于引进出版物著作权贸易合同,说法正确的有( )。A.著作权贸易合同一般应由买
下列哪项对声音三要素的表述是正确的?()A.强弱、方向、音色 B.强弱、音
建筑拆除工程的施工方法有人工拆除、爆破拆除、()三种。A.人力拆除 B.机
急性肾小球肾炎产生全身性水肿的主要机制是()A.醛固酮分泌增加 B.抗利尿素释
扩张支气管并有正性肌力及扩血管、利尿作用的药物是A.氨茶碱 B.酚妥拉
简述明清时期中西文化的冲突与交流。
某房地产开发项目的占地面积为8000m2,土地使用权年期为40年,总建筑面积50
督导者在处理服务对象申述、接受那些不满被督导者的决策而要求与更高层级谈话的服务对
根据印度学者古普塔的研究,由爱情而结合的夫妻婚后()年,彼此爱的情感开始不断减
最新回复
(
0
)