记者：吴晓霞

10月29日 晚上7点30分🧑🏻‍🌾，九游会平台院本学期第二场外教讲座在丽泽楼C209举行。此次讲座的主题是濒危语言及其记录🪃，主讲人Dr. Aviva Shimelman主要从事于濒危语言方面的记录工作🤦🏼。因此Dr. Aviva Shimelman给同学介绍了当今世界上濒临灭亡的语言以及人类应该如何对它们作出保护等问题。

讲座中，Dr. Aviva Shimelman提到，当今世界上现存的语言有6000至7000种，且据估计，到二十一世纪末将会有3000种左右的语言从地球上消失。造成语言濒危的原因有很多，比如经济🤜、宗教♠️、文化🛫、教育、政治、地域，还有战争等方面的因素。因此🤹👱🏻，作为个人应该端正自己的学习态度⚪️，作为政府部门👂🏽，应该要鼓励提倡并提供双语学习的环境🏊🏼🙍🏻。此外Dr. Aviva Shimelman表示🧚，“语言是文化传承的载体，是人类祖先给予宝贵遗产。一种语言的消失，不仅仅是一个民族文化的消失🌱，更是几个世纪以来世界文化的缺失。”

Dr. Aviva Shimelman对语言的现状表示担忧🫚，同时也号召同学们去研究🫃🏿、保护濒临消失的语言。更有意义的是，学习他人的语言，学习他人的文化，这更能不断提高人生的境界。

审稿人：马菁远

A Lecture:

Language Endangerment and the Documentation of Endangered Languages

By Wu Xiaoxia

Dr. Aviva Shimelman from the School of Foreign Languages delivered a lecture on Language Endangerment and the Documentation of Endangered Languages at 7:30 p.m. on October 29th, in Lize Building D406. Her current job involves the documentation of endangered languages. So she shared with students the language endangerment and how to preserve them.

It is estimated that one-half of the world''s 6000 languages will disappear by the end of this century. The fortunes of endangered languages are affected by factors such as economy, religion, culture, education, politics, war etc.. A language is the carrier of cultural inheritance, which is the precious heritage given by ancestors. As for speakers, they need to keep speaking their own languages. As for organizations and government, they must provide a multi-lingual environment for people and encouraged people to learn and preserve the languages.

In the lecture, Dr. Aviva Shimelman is worried about the endangered languages and she aroused student’s interests to study languages and preserve it. Furthermore, by learning a new language one could not only know more about cultures, but also strengthen knowledge and get a better understanding of cultures.

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