Language and Power articles

'Language is vital, not just to communicate'

http://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2011/sep/16/language-skills-job-requirement


- David Cameron announces that job seekers who don't learn English may have their benefits cut
- He quoted "We're saying that if there's something you need to help you get a job, for instance being able to speak English and learn English properly, it should be a requirement that you do that study in order for you to receive your benefits."
- 'language means power'

'The power of language may all be in the genes'

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/oct/07/research.highereducation

- 'Here we store the gift of language, the 'most defining feature' of human nature, as William Calvin, the distinguished American biologist, puts it.'
- Power of language has been passed onto us through our genes

'The power of speech'

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/10/daniel-everett-amazon

- Daniel Everett went to live with a tribe in the Amazon to convert them to Christianity
- they taught him their language and converted him to their faith
- 'picked a fight with Noam Chomsky'