Marcelo Dascal
Endangered Languages


9. What can and should be done?

With so many philosophical arguments, you are not only tired, but certainly persuaded of the importance and value of preserving what is left of the diversity of human languages.

Let us now, very briefly, ask ourselves what should be done, what can be done, and what is done about it -- as scientists, as Jews, and as human beings.

What should we do

. . . as scientists ?

. . . as Jews and as Israelis ?

. . . as human beings ?


Chapter 10

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