Memory Speaks

As immigrants and others are engulfed by dominant societies, the connection to their ancestral tongues is routinely severed. Julie Sedivy takes on the science and politics of language loss, offering lessons for the renewal and preservation of heritage languages, alongside her own moving story of language loss and accompanying personal crisis.

Pe masura ce imigrantii si altii sunt inghititi de societatile dominante, legatura cu limbile lor ancestrale este intrerupta in mod obisnuit. Julie Sedivy preia stiinta si politica pierderii limbii, oferind lectii pentru reinnoirea si conservarea limbilor de mostenire, alaturi de propria sa poveste emotionanta despre pierderea limbii si criza personala care o insoteste.