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In the chapters 4, 5, and 6, Nettle and Romaine mainly discuss why and how during the past 500 years the world linguistic diversity has deteriorated on an unprecedented pace. ...
First, Nettle and Romaine highlight the importance of understanding language as a creature whose life is strongly conditioned by its natural, social, political, and economic environments. ...
Nettle and Romaine explain this economic cause of language loss by applying the dependence theoristsf idea of gcenter--periphery asymmetryh to diglossic relationships between languages. ...
To conclude, Nettle and Romainefs main argument is that the European colonialist expansion during the past 500 years has been the main cause of language diversity loss both inside and outside Europe.
Approximate Word count = 575
Approximate Pages = 2.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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