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Geschichte der Sprachenpolitik Kameruns, oder: der lange Weg nationaler Sprachen aus der Verbannung

open access: yesStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2009
A major characteristic of Cameroon's language policy during the colonial era as well as during the first four decades of the postcolonial era, is discrimination against all indigenous Cameroonian languages. This began when German was introduced after the
Djomo, Esaïe
doaj   +1 more source

Modulating Calcium Homeostasis via a Biomimetic Scaffold to Rescue Diabetic Ischemic Wounds

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This strategy addresses impaired microcirculation and loss of extracellular matrix (ECM) guidance in diabetic wound healing. Musc@CP, a nanofibrous dressing combining an ECM‐mimetic chitosan‐pullulan scaffold with muscone, enhances perfusion by attenuating intracellular Ca2+ overload‐associated endothelial dysfunction.
Xiang Zheng   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language Ideology within Shifting Political Ideology: A Critical Discourse Study of Taiwan’s Plans for Indigenous Language Revitalization

open access: yesCritical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines, 2019
Taiwan has 16 officially recognised Indigenous languages and all of them are endangered. Legislative efforts have been made to preserve these languages, but the results have not been fruitful.
Chien Ju Ting
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Tłumaczenie Wilamowic. Przekłady na język wilamowski w XXI wieku z perspektywy autoetnograficznej

open access: yesPrzekładaniec
This is an autoethnographic text – it is an analysis of my personal experience of creating and reading translations into Wymysorys language from the dominant languages (mainly Polish) and vice versa ...
Tymoteusz Król
doaj   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Agency in the Peripheries of Language Revitalisation

open access: yes
This book addresses the question of agency in the revitalisation of minoritised languages in Europe. The chapters investigate how grassroots actors shape revitalisation, and how individuals and groups negotiate historical factors, motivations, and institutionalised initiatives and policies in a variety of efforts.
Linn, Mary S.   +1 more
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Exploiting Ferroelectric and Spintronic Dynamics for Neural Network Computation

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Ferroelectric and spintronic devices, relying on the control of polarization and magnetization, offer intrinsically fast, durable, energy‐efficient, and low‐latency building blocks for analog in‐memory computing. The hysteretic dynamics of an order parameter are leveraged to provide nonvolatile, multistate memory and nonlinear switching. Brain‐inspired
Dashiell Harrison   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring goals and motivations of Māori heritage language learners

open access: yesStudies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
Motivations of Māori heritage language learners are explored within this qualitative study. Te reo Māori (the Māori language) is currently classed as endangered (Reedy et al., 2011), which calls for the exploration of the motivational experiences of ...
Awanui Te Huia
doaj   +1 more source

Bible translations for the minorities’ languages today: A biblical theological exploration

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
The contemporary world is a harsh environment for many languages and cultures. Globalisation is one of the powerful forces that are increasing the pressure on some languages to become extinct.
Tshitangoni C. Rabali
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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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