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...American-isms. In 2002, Japan appointed a “Council on Japanese Language” to advise the government and media as to what foreign terms should be admitted into the language. The members of such institutions as these seek to protect their languages against “dilution?? and eventual extinction; no one wants his language to be the next one on the 3,250-language long (according to The New York Times) Endangered Languages list...

Author: By Justine R. Lescroart | Title: Separation of Tongue and State | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

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