English - The International Shark

Give synonyms for the underlined parts of the sentences:

1. 6,000 or so living languages on the globe are slated for extinction,

2. Language is a sensitive issue for most people

3. Smaller languages and cultures are standing i the path of the great English juggernaut barrelling towards them.

4. The world submits to the hegemony of English.

5. This leads to a kind of homogenization.

6. Cultures, languages and traditions are marginalized.

7. Two thinkers made significant inroads.

8. No two languages are ever sufficiently similar....

9. Language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.

10. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis has been hotly contested amongst linguists.



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