Keeping Languages Alive (fwd link)

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Keeping Languages Alive
California, USA

Friday, March 27, 2009 | To Ana Celia Zentella, you are what you speak.
Zentella, a professor emerita of ethnic studies at the University of
California, San Diego, has studied how languages shape our identities for
decades, focusing on the role of language in Latino families.

She glories in bilingual wordplay, decries "Hispanophobia" and English-only
laws, and sees saving languages and the cultures that come with them as a
social justice issue.

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http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/27/people/929zentella032709.txt