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The role of Livonian in Latvia from a sociolinguistic perspective
Eesti 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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Cogent Arts & HumanitiesFlaming discourse is becoming more prevalent worldwide, yet research in this domain is still limited. This study, grounded in Appraisal Theory (AT), aims to explore the strategies employed within flaming discourse, specifically focusing on categories ...
Martutik +4 more
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Glottodidactica, 2021 The objective of the study was to scrutinise the determinants of heritage language maintenance and second language acquisition in immigrant speakers and assess their significance and weight. Over one hundred cases of bilingual speakers with Polish as L1
Ilona Banasiak +1 more
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Why Do Languages Die, and Haw? [PDF]
Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2006 Nowadays, sociolinguists are of the opimon that languages are organic entities, which go through a predictable life cycle of birth, infancy, maturation, then gradual decay and death.
yahyaa modarres, hasan bashir nejhad
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Religion, Language Maintenance, and Language Shift
, 2023 Abstract This chapter explores the role of religious practice in the linguistic changes of Roman-period Gaul, both as a conservative factor in the retention of the local language, Gaulish, and as a Latinizing factor. Epigraphic sources show that domain-based choices linked to religious practices can be a crucial factor for evaluating ...
Olivier De Cazanove +1 more
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Afrikaans language maintenance in Australia
, 2011 Changes in the political climate in the home country have resulted in the emigration of South Africans to English speaking countries such as Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Hatoss, Aniko +2 more
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Cogent Arts & HumanitiesDespite the significant role of Twi as a means of communication and a tool for expressing the unique cultural identity of the Ashantis and other Akans, some Ghanaians misconstrue the preferential usage of Twi among the Kumasi people as indicative of ...
Ernest Nyamekye, God’sgift Ogban Uwen
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Pediatric 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
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Matching Linguistic Training with Individual Indigenous Community's Needs
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2016 Australia is rapidly losing its Indigenous multicultural and multilingual identity. This vast continent has lost 90 per cent of its Indigenous languages and cultures, without adequate documentation, and risks losing the rest by 2050 if action is not ...
Jo Caffery
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