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Lengas, 2021 The phenomenon of newspeakerism is discussed within the context of minority languages in the light of the native/non-native speaker dichotomy. Tracing the colonial origins of the concept of the native speaker reveals how the divide is underpinned by an ...
Robert Neal Baxter
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2019 Minority language groups in Zimbabwe face many challenges as they strive for space for, and recognition of, their languages. This study focuses particularly on the Tonga language spoken in the Binga district of Zimbabwe.
Chikasha, Jubilee , Beukes, Anne-Marie
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A return to the past? The Spanish as the First Foreign Language policy in Trinidad and Tobago
Open Linguistics, 2021 Situated close to the coast of Venezuela, the small twin-island nation of Trinidad & Tobago is geographically South American, but culturally Caribbean.
Hoyte-West Antony
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Language Revitalisation in Gaelic Scotland
Journal of International Students, 2021 Through their native languages, certain groups of people claim political, social, geographical, and ethnic identity and a legal base for their existence. Colonialism, however, has vanished minority spoken languages in many parts of the world. Additionally, despite claims of a “global village,” the advent of internationalization has further isolated ...
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The Irish Language – a Unique Part of Irish Life and Cultural Revitalisation and Protection
Relacje Międzykulturowe, 2017 The present paper is devoted to the topic of the Irish language and its relation to Irish identity in the modern world, taking into account crucial aspects of the language’s revitalisation and protection.
Anna Slatinská
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Gija (East Kimberley, Western Australia) – Language Snapshot
Language Documentation and Description, 2020 Gija is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the east Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. It is no longer acquired as a first language, nor spoken fluently by younger generations of Gija people, who instead largely speak ...
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Shifting Language Ideologies among Young Maya Professionals: Overcoming Purism in Yucatán
Critical Multilingualism Studies, 2016 This paper looks at the ideologies of language purism among young Maya professionals from the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico. After an introduction to language purism and its influence on revitalisation processes, I analyse the narratives of some young ...
Josep Cru
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Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2022 Inari Saami does not have a strong written tradition. The current orthography was adopted as recently as the 1990s, and the revitalization process is beginning only now to shift its focus from increasing the number of speakers to strengthening the ...
Petter Morottaja +2 more
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Justifying Revitalisation: Addressing Contestedness as an Obstacle in Picard
Cognitive Studies | Études cognitivesPicard, a minoritised Gallo-Romance language spoken in France and Belgium, is a contested language often characterised as “bad French”. Due in part to this negative stigma, it has historically been neglected by policies in support of regional languages ...
Jennifer Cox
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Sustainable Materials Design With Multi‐Modal Artificial Intelligence
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Critical mineral scarcity, high embodied carbon, and persistent pollution from materials processing intensify the need for sustainable materials design. This review frames the problem as multi‐objective optimization under heterogeneous, high‐dimensional evidence and highlights multi‐modal AI as an enabling pathway.
Tianyi Xu +8 more
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