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Language Policy and Language of Cultural Pluralism [PDF]

open access: yesSantalka, 2007
The aim of this article is to challenge the problem of the formation of national identity through the prism of cultural pluralism and language policy. On the example of the principle of liberal neutrality as a part of the hybrid theory of language policy, (which means the right of a national minority to develop and use its national language within ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding Language Death in Czech-Moravian Texas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Based on several decades of personal interaction with Texas speakers of Czech, the author's article attempts to correlate social change with some specific stages of language obsolescence and language death.
Hannan, Kevin
core   +2 more sources

Analyzing grammar errors among Hellotalk users and proposing effective correction strategies

open access: yesEnglish Learning Innovation
HelloTalk is a popular social media platform where users from diverse linguistic backgrounds converge to communicate and improve their second language (L2) skills.
Muhammad Nur Arifin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Russian heritage language development in narrative contexts: Evidence from pre- and primary-school children in Norway, Germany, and the UK

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
The present study aims at obtaining a comprehensive picture of language development in Russian heritage language (RHL) by bringing together evidence from previous investigations focusing on morphosyntax and global accent as well as from a newly conducted
Yulia Rodina   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A North Saami to South Saami Machine Translation Prototype

open access: yesNorthern European Journal of Language Technology, 2016
The paper describes a rule-based machine translation (MT) system from North to South Saami. The system is designed for a workflow where North Saami functions as pivot language in translation from Norwegian or Swedish. We envisage manual translation from
Lene Antonsen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychological motivation of Jim as a runaway slave in Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

open access: yesEdulite: Journal of English Education, Literature, and Culture, 2021
‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ is a great novel written in the nineteenth century by Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. According to critics, this novel was written to criticise practices of slavery in the United States during his ...
Niken Khusnul Nibiya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptions, language, culture and mathematics and the New Zealand curriculum. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this paper we explore two conceptions of mathematics that are evident in literature. Mathematics as a static body of knowledge is one conception, and another is of mathematics being an endeavour that is constructive and creative.
Bailey, Judy, Taylor, Merilyn
core   +2 more sources

Transliteration of Indonesian Geographical Names into Chinese

open access: yesHumaniora, 2022
In this paper, a comparative analysis of the phonetics between Indonesian and Chinese in the geographical name conversion process is carried out to investigate the way of Chinese transliterating for Indonesian geographical names, in order to standardize ...
Qin Weifen, Wang Difei
doaj   +1 more source

Linguocultural Peculiarities of German and Georgian Phraseological Units – Contrastive Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Knowledge about the world begins with gaining knowledge about the language. Language is a part of our national culture and plays one of the main roles in its formation.
Abuseridze, A. (Anzor)   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Structural instability impairs function of the UDP‐xylose synthase 1 Ile181Asn variant associated with short‐stature genetic syndrome in humans

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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