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11.ForEnglishisakiller.ItisEnglishthathaskilledoffCumbricCornishNornandManx.TherearestillpartsoftheseislandswheresizeablecommunitiesspeaklanguagesthatweretherebeforeEnglish.YetEnglishiseverywhereineverydayuseandunderstoodbyallorvirtuallyallconstitutingsuchathreattothethreeremainingCelticlanguagesIrishScottishGaelicandWelsh...thattheirlong-termfuturemustbeconsidered...verygreatlyatrisk.因为英语是个杀手正是英语造成了坎伯兰语、康沃尔语、诺恩语和马恩语等语言的消亡在这些岛上还有相当多的人使用在英语到来之前就已存在的语言然而,英语在日常生活中无处不在所有的人或几乎所有的人都懂英语英语对现存的凯尔特语爱尔兰语、苏格兰盖尔语及威尔士语的威胁是如此之大,它们的未来岌岌可危
2.Healsoassociatedsuchpolicieswithaprejudicewhichhecallslinguicismaconditionparalleltoracismandsexism.AsPhillipsonseesitleadinginstitutionsandindividualswithinthepredominantly“white”English-speakingworldhavebydesignordefaultencouragedoratleasttolerated—andcertainlyhavenotopposed—thehegemonicspreadofEnglishaspreadwhich...。