英语阅读演讲(should english be the law)

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Introduction to Robert D. King
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1.Nehru and the Language Politics of India (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996) 2. Mame Loshn: The Yiddish Language and Jewish History 3.Leave Language Alone, Dammit!
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The author give a brief introduction of language riot and give an example about it in the United States.
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Rising concerns about bilingualism and the adjustment of immigrants to American culture have led a number of people to call for "Englishonly" laws to require the use of English--and English alone--in official documents and transactions of the U.S. government. Robert D. King, however,argues in Should English Be the Law that English-only laws will not help the United States and in fact might be harmful. In King's view, the primary function of declaring official national languages is to promote national unity. But English is the virtual national language of the United States, even though no law has so declared it. Attempts to make English the official national language will do little to promote national unity, and might even damage it. Finally, King argues that the United States, like some other multilingual nations, has a sense of "unique otherness" that would unify it even in the absence of a common official language.
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In this article, first ,the writer gives a brief interpretation about the new concept language riot .then take the U.S. House of Representatives’ voting about making English the official language of the United States as an example to show people’s attitude about it.Then the author shows the fact that there is almost nothing the government of a free country can do to change language usage and practice significantly.At last the author gives his view and his hope about this phenomenon.
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Does One Nation Equal One Language?
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Should English Be the Law
Robert D. King
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There is almost nothing the government of a free country can do to change language usage and practice significantly (from para12).
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The anthor shows his view and his hope about the “ Language riot “in the United States.
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Introduction to Robert D. King
Introduction to Robert D. King
Born on November 25, 1936, in Hattiesburg,Mississippi, Also attended public schools there In 1954 ，he went to the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and majored in mathematics. Since 1965 up till now, King has been working in The University of Texas. And complete a B.S. in mathematics and an M.S. in applied mathematics in Georgia Tech
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Despite the warnings of linguistic purists, new words are constantly being coined and usages modified to express new concepts. Its vocabulary is constantly enriched by linguistic borrowings, particularly by crossfertilizations from American English. Because it is capable of infinite possibilities of communication, the English language has become the chief international language.