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Slavic and East European Language Programs and Heritage Language Communities

East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, 2017
Among Slavic and East European heritage communities, the post-1989 geopolitical situation in Central and Eastern Europe has changed both emigration patterns and core aspects of the relationship between speakers in the homeland and abroad.
Susan Kresin
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Badanie polszczyzny odziedziczonej (na przykładzie bilingwizmu polsko-niemieckiego)

LingVaria, 2016
Researching Polish as a herigage language (using the example of Polish-German bilingualism) The interest in problems relating to the languages of migrant societies (called heritage languages in the literature) has been steadily growing among linguists
Anna Żurek
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Whole‐Genome Sequencing Pilot of the Central Asian Genomic Diversity Project Reveals Distinct Histories, Adaptation, and Introgression

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
As a pilot phase of the Central Asian Genomic Diversity Project, whole‐genome sequencing of 166 individuals from 20 Central Asian and Afghan Hazara populations reveals fine‐scale substructure shaped by repeated trans‐Eurasian migration and admixture. Integrated analyses uncover post‐admixture adaptation, archaic introgression, and medically relevant ...
Mengge Wang, Shuhan Duan, Qiuxia Sun, Renkuan Tang, Lintao Luo, Jie Zhong, Zhaxylyk Sabitov, CAGDP Consortium†, Lan‐Hai Wei, Chao Liu, Maxat Zhabagin, Guanglin He   +11 more
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An individual-differences perspective on variation in heritage Mandarin speakers [PDF]

This chapter takes an individual-differences perspective on the dual sound systems of American heritage speakers (HSs) of Mandarin Chinese. Based on detailed socio-demographic data and production data on segmentals and suprasegmentals, we build holistic ...
Yao, Yao, Chang, Charles
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Parents’ Attitudes Toward Their Children’s Heritage Language Maintenance: The Case of Korean Immigrant Parents in West Michigan [PDF]

, 2013
Research shows that many immigrant parents in the United States struggle with heritage language maintenance as their children start school in the dominant society. Many studies also reveal that immigrant parents value heritage language maintenance highly
Becker, Duckyoung Jung
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Germanic Heritage Languages in North America: Acquisition, attrition and change [PDF]

, 2015
This book presents new empirical findings about Germanic heritage varieties spoken in North America: Dutch, German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, West Frisian and Yiddish, and varieties of English spoken both by heritage speakers and
Janne Bondi Johannessen, Joseph C. Salmons   +1 more
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Dao in Transition: Comparative Reflections on Laozi’s Italian Translations in the Interwar Period

Religions
The development of Daoism in Italy is deeply connected to how its classical texts were received and circulated. Although Italian Christian missionaries were among the earliest Western commentators on Daoism, significant Italian engagement with Daoist ...
Filippo Costantini
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The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
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