18 February 2017 (Saturday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, raises the alarm on the rapid loss of languages, and urges for recognition of all languages as a means of promoting cultural diversity and multilingualism in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“Ahead of International Mother Language Day, on February 21, we take a look at the role of our native tongues and why up to 90 per cent of more than 6,000 spoken languages are at risk of extinction”

Please click on the following link for the complete article:
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2071431/how-intolerance-lashes-worlds-mother-tongues

Source: SCMP