Results 21 to 30 of about 611,927 (251)

Colouring inside what lines?: interference of the urban growth boundary and the political-administrative border of Brussels [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper discusses the relationship between the political-administrative border and the urban growth boundary around Brussels, the Belgian capital. Our hypothesis is that the interests of the various regions and language groups in Belgium interfere ...
Allaert, Georges   +2 more
core   +1 more source

On the Border of Language and Dialect

open access: yes, 2018
"This volume considers the linguistic borders between languages and dia­lects, as well as the administrative, cultural and mental borders that reflect or affect linguistic ones; it comprises eight articles examining the mental borders between dialects, dialect continua and areas of mixed dialect, language ideologies, language mixing and contact-induced
Riionheimo Helka   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

La frontière linguistique breton/gallo dans les environs de Plouha

open access: yesLa Bretagne Linguistique, 1987
This study attempts to answer the following questions: does the language border exist? If it exists, does it generate cultural differences? To what extent does it influence French?
Thomas Buckley
doaj   +1 more source

Frontières linguistiques et pratiques langagières : le cas tunisien

open access: yesLa Bretagne Linguistique, 1996
Starting from the analysis of the language practices of Tunisian speakers and the complex set of representations that accompany them, I will first try to see if the tripartition badume, standards, norms, proposed as an analytical tool for the linguistic ...
Foued Laroussi
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of English Health Literacy among U.S. Hispanic Immigrants: The importance of language, bilingualism and sociolinguistic environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the United States, data confirm that Spanish-speaking immigrants are particularly affected by the negative health outcomes associated with low health literacy.
Hund, Lauren   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Non-Russian Language Space and Border in Russian Karelian Literature

open access: yesCulture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2014
This article examines Finnish language literature in Russian Karelia on the Russian-Finnish national borderland from the 1940s until the 1970s. It focuses on the concepts of the non-Russian language space and border that are constructed and studied in ...
Tuulikki Kurki
doaj   +2 more sources

Metacognition in listening comprehension: Analyzing strategies and gender differences among Saudi EFL University students

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
This quantitative study explores metacognitive listening comprehension strategies among Saudi EFL students, aiming to identify the most and least utilized strategies and examine potential gender differences.
Mohammad H. Al-Khresheh   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The patterns of language choice at the border of Malaysia-Thailand

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2016
Any activities conducted at the boundary area between countries will only be successful if the community of speakers has mutual understanding in terms of language, especially those involving business.
Mohammad Fadzeli Jaafar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pilihan dan Sikap Bahasa Masyarakat di Perbatasan Indonesia dan Timor Leste

open access: yesRanah: Jurnal Kajian Bahasa, 2020
The border community in Malacca Regency, East Nusa Tenggara consists of two groups of people, namely indigenous groups who have lived for a long time and groups of people who choose to join the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. The existence of
NFN Mukhamdanah, Retno Handayani
doaj   +1 more source

Recruiting a nonlocal language for performing local identity: indexical appropriations of Lingala in the Congolese border town Goma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article describes discursive processes by which inhabitants of the Congolese border town Goma attribute new indexical values to Lingala, a language exogenous to the area of which most Goma inhabitants only possess limited knowledge.
Büscher, Karen   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy