Essay on grass-root theory of language shift
Language is fundamentally a tool for enhanced communication between speakers. The effectiveness of language maintenance should be addressed with this concept in mind. In their respective essays, Nancy Dorian and Joshua Fishman have outlined the varying degrees of language maintenance success. Though both very astute in their observations of how to approach preserving or reviving a particular language, they have not convincingly expressed the reasons why it should be done in the first place. …
