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Sign language research in Ghana: An overview of indigenous and foreign-based sign languages
Journal of African Languages and Literatures, 2021 The recognition of sign language as a full-fledged human language with linguistics description has led to several research works in both theoretical and applied linguistics considering different aspects.
Mary Edward, George Akanlig-Pare
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Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, 2011 This paper focuses on the representation of agency in the discourse of language endangerment. I consider strategies to (de)legitimate through the competing claims regarding lesser-spoken South Estonian varieties by language activists and their opponents,
Kadri Koreinik
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Linguistica Uralica, 2023 The aim of this paper is to show where and what can be read in Mansi about the current situation and use of the Mansi language. We investigate articles in the Mansi newspaper ÐÓ¯Ð¸Ð¼Ä ÑÑÌÑÐ¸Ð¿Ð¾Ñ [LÅ«imÄ SÄripos] which discuss the usage of the ...
Bernadett Bíró, Katalin Sipőcz
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Pedagogical Strategies to Diminish Concepts of Language Privileging Among Pre-service Teachers
Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2022 Pre-service teachers are simultaneously replacing the English Learner’s home language with a foreign language for a significant segment of the student’s day, creating a situation of potential language endangerment.
Anna Burnley
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Adeptus, 2018 Influences of the discourse on language endangerment and multilingualism on young members of European language minorities This article provides an analysis of the discourse on language endangerment used by the young members of European language ...
Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska
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Esquisse de l'egbuta une langue en passe d'extinction
Studies in African Linguistics, 2003 L' egbuta dont les elements de grammaire et de lexique sont presentes dans la presente etude est une langue bantoue parlee par un petit groupe enclave par les Ababoa et les Bendza en Territoire d' Aketi dans la Province Orientale, mais dont quelques ...
Motingea Mangulu
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Open Linguistics, 2021 As a contribution to the more general discussion on causes of language endangerment and death, we describe the language ecologies of four related languages (Bà Mambila [mzk]/[mcu], Sombә (Somyev or Kila) [kgt], Oumyari Wawa [www], Njanga (Kwanja) [knp ...
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Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization : An Introduction [PDF]
, 2006 In almost every part of the world, minority languages are being threatened with extinction. At the same time, dedicated efforts are being made to document endangered languages, to maintain them, and even to revive once-extinct languages. The book presents a comprehensive overview of language endangerment and revitalization.
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Two key concepts of language endangerment : language obsolescence and language death
Linguistica, 2007 In the contemporary context of world-wide language endangerment, of linguistic imperialism and regression of minority languages, it is of vital importance to take initiatives for the maintenance and protection of linguistic biodiversity. Languages that
Pierre Swiggers
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The Ethnolinguistic Vitality of Gulgulia
Darnioji daugiakalbystė, 2023 Language death is a phenomenon with symptoms related to demeaning vocabulary count and depletion of domains of language use along with the simplicity of linguistic structures.
Mishra Sneha, Rahman Md Mojibur
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