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Linguistic Justice and Endangered Languages

open access: yesActa Universitatis Sapientiae: European and Regional Studies, 2016
This contribution will engage with Van Parijs’s approach to linguistic justice and his working principles for the reduction of unfairness in the language domain (in particular, the need for intervention and his territorial principle), reflecting on a ...
Salverda Reinier
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Introductory survey of the South Estonian language islands

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2021
The South Estonian language islands – Leivu, Lutsi, Kraasna – are three historically South Estonian-speaking exclaves located not only beyond the borders of Estonia, but also geographically separated from the main body of South Estonian speakers for at ...
Uldis Balodis, Karl Pajusalu
doaj   +1 more source

Special opportunities for conserving cultural and biological diversity: The co-occurrence of Indigenous languages and UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Recent research indicates that speakers of Indigenous languages often live in or near United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Natural World Heritage Sites (WHSs).
Gorenflo, L. J., Romaine, Suzanne
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From Sementovskij to the 20th century. Notes on the Lutsis in the Latvian press

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2021
The Lutsis, a historically South Estonian-speaking language island community located near the town of Ludza in southeastern Latvia, have come increasingly into public awareness in Latvia over the last decade with the release of books on Lutsi history ...
Hannes Korjus
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Can majority support save an endangered language? A case study of language attitudes in Guernsey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Many studies of minority language revitalisation focus on the attitudes and perceptions of minorities, but not on those of majority group members. This paper discusses the implications of these issues, and presents research into majority andf minority ...
Baker C.   +27 more
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STAMP morphs, prefix conjugations and multiverb predicates in the Chadic languages

open access: yesAfrika und Übersee
STAMP morphs, prefix conjugations and the multiverb predicate subtype called auxiliary verb constructions (AVCs) that these derive from in the Chadic languages are discussed. Chadic languages are typically SVO (or VSO) and typically AUX V syntactically.
Gregory D. S. Anderson
doaj   +1 more source

Report of the DELAMAN Costing Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
DELAMAN member archives estimated the costs of archiving two sample deposits of language documentation data. Comparing these costs to the cost of funding a documentation project which would generate this amount of data, the costs of archiving can be ...
Digital Endangered Languages and Musics Archiving Network
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
wiley   +1 more source

The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages

open access: yesVestnik za Tuje Jezike, 2019
The last few years have seen an increase in handbooks – monographs that should by any standard aim to function as well-rounded state-of-the-art reports on all the various relevant aspects that constitute a particular specialized field of a given ...
Luka Repanšek
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