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The Russian language maintenance and language contacts

open access: yesRussian Journal of Linguistics, 2021
In our introductory article, we outline the main sociolinguistic features of Russian as a heritage language of post-Soviet immigrants in European settings and beyond.
Anastassia Zabrodskaja, Olga Ivanova
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Technology and minority language: an Android-based dictionary development for the Lampung language maintenance in Indonesia

open access: yesTapuya, 2022
Although a considerable amount of research on the Lampung language has been done, little attention has been paid to the use of technology-based Lampung language maintenance.
Farida Ariyani   +5 more
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Migration, Demography, and Minority Language Learning: A Case of Wales

open access: yesAdeptus, 2022
The present article discusses the role of adult migrants to Wales in the country’s demographics and maintenance and promotion of the Welsh language. The Welsh society is an ageing society, predicted in the long run to rely on immigration as a solution ...
Karolina Rosiak
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Nahuatl and Spanish in Contact: Language Practices in Mexico

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
The study reports on adults’ linguistic use of Nahuatl in the bilingual community of Santiago Tlaxco, Mexico. Using a survey approach, adults were asked to indicate their language choices (i.e., Spanish, Nahuatl or both languages) when interacting with ...
Grace A. Gomashie
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Shift or Maintenance: The Effects of Gender on Language Use among transplanted Khowar Speakers in Karachi, Pakistan

open access: yesJournal of Communication and Cultural Trends, 2023
Pakistan is a diverse multiethnic country and has different cultures and languages. There are 74 languages spoken in the country (Siddiqui, 2019), year).
Muhammad Hassan Abbasi   +2 more
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Little languages: little maintenance? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice, 1998
So-called little, or domain-specific languages (DSLs), have the potential to make software maintenance simpler: domain-experts can directly use the DSL to make required routine modifications. At the negative side, however, more substantial changes may become more difficult: such changes may involve altering the domain-specific language.
van Deursen, A., Klint, P.
openaire   +3 more sources

Language Shift and Maintenance: The Case of Dhatki and Marwari Speaking Youth

open access: yesJournal of Communication and Cultural Trends, 2021
Many languages are endangered or facing extinction in this rapidly globalized world. A major cause of language death across the world is language shift (Dweik & Al-Refai, 2015; Campbell, 1994). Pakistan is home to various ethnicities and languages.
Zeeshan Jhatial, Jasia Khan
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Between Loss and Salvage: Kabyles and Syrian Christians Negotiate Heritage, Linguistic Authenticity and Identity in Europe

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
This paper brings together two different communities, Kabyles (Amazighs) and Syrian Christians, who are nevertheless marked by some commonalities: a strong diasporic dispersal as a historical experience, political, cultural and linguistic marginalization
Heidi Armbruster, Souhila Belabbas
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Italian-Tunisians and Italian-Moroccans in the UK: onward migration and reshaped linguistic repertoires

open access: yesGlottopol, 2022
This article discusses the effects of onward migration on the linguistic repertories of Italian-Tunisian and Italian-Moroccan families in the UK. Drawing on six interviews with the eldest children of these families, we have focused in particular on the ...
Francesco Goglia
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"PUBLISH OR PERISH": JAVANESE LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE ON JAVANESE-ENGLISH CODE-SWITCHING SONG

open access: yesLire Journal, 2021
This descriptive qualitative study aims to shed new light on Javanese language maintenance through the practice of English-Javanese code-switching reflected in a song entitled Lathi by Weird Genius feat Sara Fajira.
Amalina Maharani, Emy Sudarwati
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