Sad to see that in my parts of the world there is increasing \u00a0negativity,
\nwhich calls for educators everywhere to enhance the power of positivity<\/p>\n
If we look at Positiveness and Negativity in the History of Languages will be shown?
\nWill uses of those two concepts in spoken\/written vocabulary have grown?<\/p>\n
Let\u00b4s look at four pairs of antonyms in English and see what they reveal
\nTaking their year of entry into written English, using evidence that is real<\/p>\n
In written English, before the adjective NEGATIVE had made its visual debut,
\nPOSITIVE was already available to language users, as a good point of view
\n(Negative: from 1350; positive: from 1250)<\/p>\n
In written English, before the noun PESSIMISM appeared from 1785
\nOPTIMISM had already been introduced from 1730 and it was to thrive<\/p>\n
If we keep adding to this list of \u00a0 positive X negative contrasts, a surprising fact will be found
\nsometimes it is the negative concept that precedes what is considered sound<\/p>\n
Thus, the adjective DESTRUCTIVE entered written English from 1480
\nbut its opposite \u00a0CONSTRUCTIVE was not visually born until 1670<\/p>\n
Also UNHAPPINESS was already being expressed in writing from 1250
\nwhereas HAPPINESS \u00a0would only be visually represented \u00a0from 1520<\/p>\n
Since in the history of Humankind, GOOD and EVIL coexist
\nhow can we do our very best for POSITIVENESS \u00a0to persist?<\/p>\n
By teaching language users to build and enhance their vocabulary of POSITIVIZERS
\nby choosing positive words, expressions\u00a0and phraseologies which can
\nmeet our \u00a0communicative needs as Positive World \u00a0organizers<\/p>\n
In this age of increasing shameful, violent, killing negativity,
\na plea is made for educators to help citizens \u00a0become
\ndignifiers and peace-builders deeply committed to positivity
\n________________________________<\/p>\n
Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil. He has degrees in Languages, Law, and Linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco where he is active in the Dom H\u00e9lder Camara Human Rights Commission. He is one of the pioneers in Linguistic Rights (author of 1984 <\/em>Plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights) and in the emerging area of Peace Linguistics. Currently he is President of the Board, Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Brasil Am\u00e9rica (www.abaweb.org). <\/em>He can be reached at fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sad to see that in my parts of the world there is increasing negativity, If we look at Positiveness and Negativity in the History of Languages will be shown?
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