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The Effects of a Linguistic Tsunami on the Languages of Aceh

Studies in English Language and Education, 2016
The languages throughout the world are in crisis and it is estimated that 50% to 90% will have disappeared by the end of this century (Grenoble, 2012). Colonisation, nationalism, urbanisation and globalisation have resulted in a linguistic tsunami being ...
Zulfadli A. Aziz, Robert Amery
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Water Governance Under International Pressure: Policy Narratives, Food Security, Scarcity, and the Politics of Survival in Iran

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
wiley   +1 more source

Nearly Extinct African Languages in Their Linguistic Landscape: Tjwao of Zimbabwe

Darnioji daugiakalbystė
The present article studies the visibility of a nearly extinct language Tjwao (Khoe-Kwadi) in the linguistic landscape (LL) of the rural district of Tsholotsho –an area historically associated with the Tjwa in Zimbabwe.
Andrason Alexander, Phiri Admire
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Preventing Extinction Language with Socio Cultural Activities: an Empirical Study on Duano Sea Tribe

Journal of Language and Literature
Many languages worldwide are currently endangered. Many linguists argue that endangered languages can be preserved through revitalisation and language documentation.
Diana Rozelin, Mailinar Mailinar, Ulfatmi Azlan   +2 more
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Civil Society Advocacy and Climate Change in Kenya: The Question of “Local Voices” and Their “Amplification”

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing climate change is acknowledged, but engagement with questions of voice remains limited, especially in the Global South. Addressing this, this paper zooms in on (International) nongovernmental organizations ((I)NGOs) and their collaborations with domestic CSOs in the Global South on ...
Margit van Wessel, Precious Akampurira
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching and Learning Resources for Endangered Languages

Journal of Teaching and Learning
Previous research on endangered languages (EL) has focused on two areas: documentation and revitalization (REHG & Campbell 2018). For revitalization, it is essential to create teaching and learning materials (TLM), yet there is limited research on this ...
Rushengul Urayim
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Policy Networks and Policy Entrepreneurship in the EU: Explaining Structural Policy Change in Pharmaceutical Innovation Incentives and Health Technology Assessment

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policy process research has excelled in explaining structural policy change within national settings, but extensions and applications to the EU level have long proven challenging for scholars. Given that the EU is currently experiencing its longest period of Treaty stability since the 1980s—having evolved into a sui generis political system ...
Vassilis Karokis‐Mavrikos
wiley   +1 more source

Endangered Languages: A Systematic Qualitative Study of Socio-Cultural Impacts and Revitalisation

Darnioji daugiakalbystė
This study investigates endangered language preservation through three research questions: risk factors for endangerment, socio-cultural effects of language loss, and complexities in preservation and revitalisation.
Awal Abdul
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La muerte de las lenguas: hacia unas consideraciones generales

Enletawa Journal, 2014
This article provides some general considerations about language death . The paper first presents a definition of this interesting phenomenon, it discloses some of the ways of disappearing languages, then the article proposes information about causes of ...
Joselyn Corredor Tapias
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The burden of the postictal state in epilepsy: A prospective, single‐center observational cohort study

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The postictal state is a major yet underrecognized component of the epilepsy burden. We aimed to develop a structured patient‐reported instrument to quantify postictal recovery, characterize its multidimensional burden, and identify demographic, clinical, psychiatric, and treatment‐related factors associated with postictal severity ...
Ionuț‐Flavius Bratu, Agnès Trébuchon, Fabrice Bartolomei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source