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Esquisse de l'egbuta une langue en passe d'extinction

open access: yesStudies 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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Two key concepts of language endangerment : language obsolescence and language death

open access: yesLinguistica, 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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Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)

open access: yesOpen 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 ...
Connell Bruce   +4 more
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Investigating the Tujia Language Vitality and Its Preservation in Hubei Province: From an Ecological Perspective

open access: yesSAGE Open
The present study aims to explore the linguistic vitality of the Tujia language in Hubei Province, China, and delve into the multifaceted factors contributing to its endangerment across micro, mezzo, and macrosystem levels from an ecological perspective.
Lihua Fang, Lei Cai, Longsheng Li
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Reclaiming languages: Contesting and decolonising ‘language endangerment’ from the ground up

open access: yesLanguage Documentation and Description, 2017
The papers in this volume contribute to the increasingly interdisciplinary discussion about ways to address language endangerment by examining language reclamation strategies, or place-specific actions through which individuals and/or groups are ...
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Evidence‐Informed Multidisciplinary Consensus Guidance for the Psychosocial Care of Adolescents With High‐Risk Cancer: Recommendations From the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Assessing Language Endangerment or Vitality to Creating and Evaluating Language Revitalization Programmes

open access: yesNordic Journal of African Studies, 2010
For over two decades now, linguists, educators and anthropologists have directed their efforts at researching about factors that occasion and result from language shift (Trudgill, 1991; Fishman 1991, 2001, Crystal, 2000; Edwards, 1992; Sasse, 1992 ...
Ogone John Obiero
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ethnolinguistic Vitality of Gulgulia

open access: yesDarnioji 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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