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Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Born
in Tel Aviv, Israel
June 01, 1971
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More books by Ghil'ad Zuckermann…
“Lest we forget that Shakespeare spelled his surname in five different ways. None of them was S H A K E S P E A R E.”
― Revivalistics : From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond
― Revivalistics : From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond
“Seven Jews have changed the way we perceive the world: Moses said ‘Everything is in the head!�, Jesus said ‘Everything is in the heart!�, Marx said ‘Everything is in the stomach!�, Freud said ‘Everything is in the loin!�, Zuckermann said ‘Everything is in the tongue!�, Zuckerberg said ‘Everything is online!�, Einstein said ‘Everything is relative!�. The success of language revival is relative. No language reclamation can be fully successful. And as an eighth Jew, Jerry Seinfeld, once said: ‘Not that there’s anything wrong with that!”
― Revivalistics : From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond
― Revivalistics : From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond
“� Should we reclaim an Indigenous language in a natural Indigenous setting, to replicate the original ambience of heritage, culture, laws, and lores?
� Should we reclaim an Indigenous language in a modern building that has Indigenous characteristics such as Aboriginal colours and shapes?
� Should we reclaim an Aboriginal language in a western governmental
building—to give an empowering signal that the tribe has full support of contemporary mainstream society?”
― Revivalistics : From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond
� Should we reclaim an Indigenous language in a modern building that has Indigenous characteristics such as Aboriginal colours and shapes?
� Should we reclaim an Aboriginal language in a western governmental
building—to give an empowering signal that the tribe has full support of contemporary mainstream society?”
― Revivalistics : From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond
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