“Language as Refuge”: A Letter to the Editor, by Wendy Name & Whitney DeVos

Expensive editors of World Literature In the present day, In her March 2025 column “Language as Refuge,” Veronica Esposito explores questions of language growth and loss, responding to the query: “What occurs when a language dies?” Sadly, the essay overlooks key components of that subject: linguicide, linguistic rights, and language preservation. Esposito implicitly acknowledges that […]


A Reply to Wendy Name and Whitney DeVos, by Veronica Esposito

Editorial notice: The next is in reply to Wendy Name and Whitney DeVos’s letter to the editor, which itself is in response to the writer’s “Language as Refuge” column within the March 2025 difficulty. I very a lot admire the suggestions from Wendy Name and Whitney DeVos. It’s at all times pretty to see people […]