Mother Tongue and Other Tongues
Mother Tongue and Other Tongues We are living in times where the issue of identity and difference has taken on a more defensive hue. The experience of hearing another language, the way it is spoken,…
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Mother Tongue and Other Tongues
We are living in times where the issue of identity and difference has taken on a more defensive hue. The experience of hearing another language, the way it is spoken, and being faced with the image of the other is now more complex, imbued with projections of powerlessness, fear, terrorism, and survival. The tide is turning towards an inward-looking nostalgia of sameness based on fear rather than on understanding.
All cultures are concerned with how we speak and communicate as this represents identity, history, and home. The issue of identity appears to have become even more complex. Communication is also essential for survival, both emotionally and socially.
The speaking person is an individual but also part of a culture or cultures with dense collective and individual shapes. The issue of identity, that feeling of belonging, is essential, full of possibility, and, at times, very