Crisi del monolitismo linguistico e lingue meno diffuse

Abstract

The author points out that, in spite of what the Mass Media might have us believe, at present, we are in a definite crisis of linguistic monolithism. In the last decades, the perception of the number of different languages that exist in the world has been fine-tuned and is more precise. Linguistic heterogeneity is the norm for the countries in the world, not the exception. Moreover, the construction of authentic and substantially democratic societies should not mask this real disparity with the myth of a certain homogeneity that might not really exist. The varied contemporary linguistic world has come about, among other things, due to the misunderstandings and fights that have brought about the recognition of languages that, just yesterday, were relegated to the subordinate position of ones. The author reviews centuries-mainly the most recent ones-of lingui'stic research carried out in the reality of multi-lingualism, about the contact between languages, and about the interrelations that speakers in a non-monolingual community have. He proposes that one's own tongue is an intimate and constituent part of the human being, so that the human, in his biological, physical, and social dimensions has the right to safeguard his own language-and not only this individual language, but also that of the entire community in which the person lives and has received his linguistic education. Moreover, the author supports the fact that the safeguarding of minority languages should include the true linguistic reality of these people-beginning with the children that start school.

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