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SUMMARY:Cantonese: the biggest endangered language? - Cherry Lam (PhD cand
 idate\, DTAL\, Cambridge) &amp\; Ricky Chan (PhD candidate\, DTAL\, Cambri
 dge)
DTSTART:20160302T171500Z
DTEND:20160302T190000Z
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CONTACT:Afra Pujol i Campeny
DESCRIPTION:With over 62 million speakers in China and worldwide (e.g. mos
 t countries in Southeast Asia\, the US\, the UK\, Canada\, and Australia)\
 , Cantonese may well-deserved by the world’s largest endangered language
 . However\, the number of speakers in a language is not always a reliable 
 indicator for the sustainability of a language. In the past decades\, Cant
 onese has faced unprecedented threat from the spread of Mandarin\, the off
 icial language in China. In this talk\, we will explain (i) why and how Ca
 ntonese has been marginalised under the current language policies in China
  (e.g. in schools and mass media)\; (ii) the reaction and counter-measures
  from the public towards such threat. On the whole\, Cantonese can be a go
 od showcase and prompt for a more liberal conception of ‘language endang
 erment’ – one that encompasses potentially endangered languages\, with
  a vision for endangerment prevention. \n
LOCATION:Faculty of English\, Room GR-06/07
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