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Legitimating inaction : differing identity constructions of the Scots language. [PDF]

, 2010
The Scots language plays a key role in the political and cultural landscape of contemporary Scotland. From a discourse-historical perspective, this article explores how language ideologies about the Scots language are realized linguistically in a so ...
Bourdieu, P., Etter-Lewis, G., Johann W. Unger, Kienpointner, M., Labov, W., Lemke, J.L., Macafee, C., Ricento, T., Scottish Executive, Scottish Government, Unger, J.W., Unger, J.W., Unger, J.W., Wodak, R., Wodak, R., Wodak, R.   +15 more
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Immigration Discourse and the Prospects of Russian Language in Lithuania

Slavistica Vilnensis, 2019
In contrast to the ongoing emigration, immigration to Lithuania cannot be called intensive, and this topic as a whole remains on the periphery of public and academic attention.
Alla Likhachiova
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Communication challenges faced by customers who are less proficient in English and Afrikaans at two South African state-owned enterprises

Literator, 2023
The Use of Official Languages Act (No. 12 of 2012) applies to all national departments and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in South Africa and stipulates that they should promote multilingualism when interacting with members of the public and/or customers.
Lungisani Xolani Khumalo, Thabo Ditsele, Christopher Rwodzi   +2 more
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WARTEG’ FOOD SELLERS’ LANGUAGE ATTITUDES TOWARD TEGAL DIALECT OF JAVANESE LANGUAGE IN SEMARANG [PDF]

, 2016
This paper presents a sociolinguistics research on multilingual society which aims to describe the language attitudes and language choice of the food sellers of Tegal food stalls (warteg) in Semarang toward Tegal dialect of Javanese Language (TL).
Mutmainnah, Yulia, Sukojo , Sukojo
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ELF Pedagogy in Spain and the UK [PDF]

, 2018
Our research project shows that exposing ELT practitioners to language change and to reflective attitudes towards language and towards new developments in ELT methodology can in return help them envisage an ELF aware pedagogical approach.
Pineda-Hernandez, Inmaculada Concepcion
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Language Attitudes and L2 Motivation of Korean Language Learners in Malaysia

Journal of Language and Education, 2020
This study examined relationships between language attitudes and L2 motivation of learners of Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL) in a large public university in Malaysia.
Larisa Nikitina, Fumitaka Furuoka, Nurliana Kamaruddin   +2 more
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Language, or Dialect, That Is the Question. How Attitudes Affect Language Statistics Using the Example of Low German

Languages, 2021
This paper explores how attitudes affect the seemingly objective process of counting speakers of varieties using the example of Low German, Germany’s sole regional language.
Astrid Adler
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Forced Migration and Family Language Policy: The Ukrainian Experience of Language

Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives
This study investigates the impact of forced migration on family language policy among Ukrainian families, with a particular focus on women who have relocated to Poland with their children due to the war in Ukraine.
Olha Shevchuk-Kliuzheva
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Function, Semantics And Pragmatics Of Evaluative Adjectives In Fictional Discourse [PDF]

, 2017
We constantly assess other people, objects, phenomena, and events around us. The process of evaluation is based on a set of values pertaining to an individual and on certain norms and traditions of the society.
Nikitochkina, I. (Iryna)
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Who Cares What We Speak: A Case Study at Kgoši Mampuru Correctional Facility

European Review Of Applied Sociology, 2018
The aim of this article is to explore the dynamic of language choice and language use as well as to examine the effect of language policy on language attitudes in the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) with special reference to Pretoria Central ...
Mabule Dorah Riah
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