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Interpreting and Negotiating Language Policy at the Local Level: A Case Study from Catalan-Speaking Spain

open access: yesBellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature, 2017
In the Balearic Islands, where two official languages (Spanish and Catalan) co-exist, movements have been made to increase the role of foreign languages (English, in particular) at the expense of the regional minority language, Catalan.
Joanna Duggan
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Javanese Language Maintenance Based on Sociocultural Approach (A Case Study on Women in Rembang, Central Java) [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
Like other regional languages in Indonesia, Javanese language is progressively endangered by Indonesian language. This research employs a questionnaire and observation to answer the given hypothesis.
Suharyo, Nurhayati
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The perception of Acehnese parents on heritage language maintenance: A quantitative approach

open access: yesStudies in English Language and Education, 2022
Family is the ideal platform to maintain the indigenous language, and parents are the core feature in promoting it to the children. Many previous studies have concentrated on the Acehnese younger generations’ declination use of Acehnese. Their perception
Ida Muliawati, Dara Yusnida
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A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Attitudes toward Spanish as a Heritage Language in Florida

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
Spanish speakers constitute the largest heritage language community in the US. The state of Florida is unusual in that, on one hand, it has one of the highest foreign-born resident rates in the country, most of whom originate from Latin America—but on ...
Ethan Kutlu, Ruth Kircher
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Language maintenance: Factors supporting the use and maintenance of isiZulu in Soshanguve

open access: yesLiterator, 2023
This article aims at investigating how isiZulu speakers residing in Soshanguve report on the use of their ethnic language, isiZulu, and to use the outcomes to confirm how their language continues to be powerfully maintained in Soshanguve.
Nontobeko T. Mbatha   +2 more
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“OSOB WALIKAN”: ENVISIONING HOW MALANGESE MAINTAIN THEIR EXISTENCE

open access: yesLanguage Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching, 2023
Osob Walikan, commonly referred to as Walikan Malang, can be widely used in the social life of Malang people. Developed from a code language, this language still exists even though it already served its purpose and developed into a Malang local language.
Syahnidar Ravena Fadhillah   +1 more
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Differential Access: Asymmetries in Accessing Features and Building Representations in Heritage Language Grammars

open access: yesLanguages, 2019
In this article, we propose that elements of heritage language grammars—both in the form of axiomatic features and larger combined representational units—are not easily lost over the course of the lifespan.
Silvia Perez-Cortes   +2 more
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A software architecture for autonomous maintenance scheduling: Scenarios for UK and European Rail [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A new era of automation in rail has begun offering developments in the operation and maintenance of industry standard systems. This article documents the development of an architecture and range of scenarios for an autonomous system for rail maintenance ...
Blacktop, K.   +4 more
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The role of Livonian in Latvia from a sociolinguistic perspective

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2018
This article examines the role of Livonian in present-day Latvia and describes the Livonian language situation in the context of Latvia’s language situation and current sociolinguistic issues.
Ina Druviete, Gunta Kļava
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Home and school literacy practices of children attending Malayalam classes in Singapore

open access: yesJournal of Modern Languages, 2020
The Malayalee community, a minority language group in Singapore, lacks institutional support for learning their mother tongue in schools. In school, most Malayalee children opt to study Tamil or Hindi, a Non-Tamil Indian Language (NTIL) in place of ...
Suvita Thanagopalasamy   +1 more
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