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K. David Harrison is a linguist and leading specialist in the study of endangered languages. He is an associate professor at Swa
K. David Harrison is a linguist and leading specialist in the study of endangered languages. He is an associate professor at Swa
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2018-06-09
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K. David Harrison is a linguist and leading specialist in the study of endangered languages. He is an associate professor at Swarthmore College. Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson is a linguist who is the director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, a non-profit organization devoted to the documentation, revitalization and maintenance of endangered languages. Together they lead Enduring Voices, a project devoted to documenting endangered languages and identifying the most crucial areas where languages are threatened and making expeditions to assist native communities in their efforts to revitalize and maintain their languages. Chris Rainier, a noted documentary photographer, joins them in communicating stories of the remaining natural wilderness and native cultures around the globe.
"The island nation of Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific Ocean represents the greatest single concentration of linguistic diversity on Earth, with 830 listed languages identified thus far and an unknown number remaining to be scientifically documented. Part of Papua New Guinea also falls within a language hot spot, where a large number of native languages are on the edge extinction. Without it, no survey of the world’s languages or understanding of the current global process of language extinction would be complete," explained Harrison.
"During a three-week trip, the Enduring Voices team recorded interviews with speakers of eleven local languages of Papua New Guinea. Our expedition took us to East Sepik Province, where we visited several small endangered-language communities. These local Karawari area languages lack a presence in teaching materials and books.In many villages, there is only passive knowledge of the ancestral Pondo-family language Yokoim and Karim,while in others,not even passive knowledge of the heritage tongue among schoolchildren is found.
"People would be extremely angry if we tore down the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt or the Notre Dame Cathedral in France (both are world heritage sites) ,but languages are much more ancient and complex and even more impressive as monuments to human creativity."
The Enduring Voices team was formed to______________.
选项
A、conserve the environment of the wilderness
B、improve communication between the natives
C、save native languages from extinction
D、help the natives learn foreign languages
答案
C
解析
细节理解题。根据文章第一段第四句话可以得知,“持久的声音”这个项目实行是为了保护本土语言,防止本土语言面临濒临消失的境地。因此本题选C。
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