Mehrsprachigkeit und Globalisierung
Hay Festival 2012: "English will die out like Latin"
The Telegraph, 6 June 2012
Hay Festival 2012: English will die out like Latin, leading linguist claims
English will soon die out as the world’s most dominant language and be replaced by ‘machine translation’ that allows people to communicate via hand-held devices like iPads, Nicolas Ostler, a leading linguist has claimed. Read more...
In case you have missed it, there’s an interesting new OECD publication which “examines the links between globalisation and the way we teach and learn languages”. You can