ISSUE13 [REBORN FROM THE ASHES] TASK ONE by wunonomei

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issue13: Lesser-known languages are dying out for the great benefit of all; thus, it is unwise to prevent these languages from becoming extinct.

syllabus:
1.濒危语种的灭绝是自然的选择。
2.濒危语种的灭绝带来了巨大的利益。
3.濒危语种的灭绝导致的文化消失是可以弥补的。
4.濒危语种的灭绝并未减弱世界文化的多样性。
5.阻止濒危语种的灭绝是不可实现的。

2.5hours 2009/12/15, 625words
经wunonomei修改。


The evolutionary steps of economics call for easy communication based on the same language. People desiring advancement as their pursuit forever, every social group is allured with more advanced groups around it, showing off their enjoyment. When the economic difference between the two kinds of groups grows into an impassible gap, it arouses the poorer group admiring the other's culture greatly over it self’s; while, the culture's basic ingredient is language. The poorer group is enjoying the convenience brought by unburdened communication with the same language, and its people are belittling their mother tongue more and more, and the group's mother language is disappearing gradually by nature selection.

The choice brings one lesser-known language to death to gain more profits. Economic growth comes directly to improve people's physical living levels. It is not only better materials can people own but stronger abilities of cultural exchange. The group's citizens break the region limitation to obtain more information outside their little world. Saving time of searching for the truth already known in outer world, people develop local ideology in a brand new up level; expansion of information input save people time to spend more energy analysing, instead of collecting, information and pursuing, instead of ignoring, the personality. Thus people are affluent in cultural lives.

Some will consider the cultural extinction along with the language extinction. It is true that the culture passed down mainly through language. People recite their culture conventions and histories to the next generation. All languages, however, possess the same function - expression. Using different languages, the same ideology can still be recorded down. For example, Christianity comes from English-speaking country, now it flourishes all over the world, with people speaking all kinds of languages. Since people can use a different language to keep their cultural development, their culture and history will not disappear accompanying the language. Even every unique language owns its characteristics-the sound and the logic bounded with the language, they can be documented by taping and other ways for future study.

Some will consider the fewer cultural diversity caused by fewer languages. There is a saying, "When God closes one door, he opens one window." Admittedly, the multiplicity of languages is weakened by lesser-known languages' extinction. The redundant sources come to create other kinds of civilization. For example, during the technology research, with different languages' separation, people own strong diversity in the generalized perspectives; with the same language's union, people own strong diversity in the specialized perspectives. Thus, the diversity itself does not change.

Leaving thinking over the meaning, even mankind cannot take any action to prevent the lesser-known languages from extinction. The endangered languages mean no children study and use them. Most of these languages are circumscribed in a small area; learning to use them presumes the isolation from modern world. Nowadays with great globalization, people are searching for more chances in developed areas, how many families will sacrifice their children to the dying language instead of visible easement? The lesser-known languages, which will not survive through people's spontaneous protection, will only come to ask for the local governments' help to support more fund as the army force is inapproachable in today's society weighing human rights. We have discussed that these languages are in danger because of the economic deficiency, so getting the fund is infeasible, the last way is dead end.

It is impossible to prevent the lesser-known languages from extinction, saying nothing of its obeying the nature process and losing more advantages. Of course the governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should not act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct.

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