Mind Your Language

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B. Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language Write an analytical essay (900-1200 words) in which you analyse and comment on Tom Law’s article “Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language”. The text “Cachau Bant: Mind Your Language” is an article written by Tom Law, which works with cultural existence as its main theme but especially focuses on the Welsh language dying out while our author tries to explain why this is happening right this minute. The answers to the problem are more complex than you should expect and Law uses different tools such as historical understanding and humor to understand the problem. The fundament of the article is built on the language problems, which, according to Tom Law, divides the Welsh people and eliminates its culture. The article was originally posted in the Sabotage Times, which is an online website meant to create debates. The idea seems obvious, because, as I earlier mentioned, it’s a theme, which has split the Welsh people apart. Our narrator is subjective through the whole text and seems to agree with the Welsh speaking population even though he doesn’t know the language at all. As he says it’s a cultural problem and if the Welsh doesn’t oppose the English assimilation that has been going on since the 19th century, the Welsh culture will definitely die out. Our author’s tone towards the problem he presents is for the Welsh speaking minority, because he doesn’t want another “them versus us” episode. Paradoxically he creates a “them versus us”, as he blames the English for creating anti-Welsh processes back in the 19th century. He elaborates: “The Welsh language has declined so rapidly because the English placed a pillow over its face and smothered it”. He encourages other people to stand up and fight for Wales as one country, no matter religion, language or anything else. He is capable of that due to some analytical tools, which I will comment
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