In case you haven’t heard it, the joke goes like this: What do you call someone who speaks several languages? Answer: a polyglot. What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Answer: bilingual. And how about someone who only speaks one language? Answer: an American. The punch line isn’t very funny anymore. In fact, […]
The American Enterprise Language Advocacy: A New Voice Speaks for the U.S. Language Industry.
Language has long been taken for granted in the United States, not only among policymakers and business leaders who control the country’s economic clout, but also among the citizenry in general. Language is often a legislative afterthought, or even worse, considered a “non-issue” in the minds of most decision-makers. But nothing could be farther from […]