Saying “Tla” to English-Only – How Aggressive Majority Language Policies Threaten Native Culture
I would like to hear from an advocate of "English-only" what they are afraid of? Why is language so intimately identified with culture that people in the USA feel threatened by people who speak additional languages to English? What is wrong with speaking two or more languages? How could that undermine the political establishment? Anyway, what does "English" culture mean in the USA? I suppose there is an unconscious awareness that " once a language disappears, it isn’t long until the culture to which it belongs begins to lose shape" - Chief Harry Wallace as cited in the article).
So why is that? Why is language such a powerful vehicle of culture that once it disappears the "culture" goes with it?
