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Rating the vitality of sign languages
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014The Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS), developed by Lewis and Simons and based on work by Fishman, provides a means of rating ‘language vitality’ – the level of development or endangerment – where ‘development’ is understood as adding or preserving functions and ‘endangerment’ as loss of function.
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The digital language vitality scale: a model for assessing digital vitality of languages [PDF]
, 2017 In this paper, we present the Digital Language Vitality Scale, a tool for measuring the degree of digital vitality of languages. Digital vitality can be defined as the extent to which a language is present, used and usable over the Internet through digital devices. The scale is inspired to ethnolinguistic vitality assessment (such as GIDS, Fishman 2001)
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Linguistic Landscape and Language Vitality
2010The chapter analyzes the urban linguistic landscapes as conditions of linguistic vitality in an area, especially for immigrant languages located and visible in some Italian cities (Rome, Florence, etc.).
BARNI M, BAGNA C
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Language vitality scales and their applicability to specific language situations
Voprosy Jazykoznanija, 2022While working on the description and documentation of a minority language, the researcher faces the practical task of defi ning its vitality status. This article is devoted to our experience of solving this problem. At the beginning, we give a brief overview of the concept of vitality and various scales that exist for the classifi cation of languages ...
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The Vitality of Minority Languages in Malaysia
Oceanic Linguistics, 2017This article looks at the ethnolinguistic vitality of some of the most important language varieties spoken in Malaysia, focusing on two languages as case studies: Bidayuh and Mah Meri, respectively the language of one of the indigenous groups in East Malaysia and the language of one of the indigenous groups of peninsular Malaysia.
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British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 2010
Valerie Jones grew up in Bethal Caernarfon, in Gwynedd, Wales, where she still lives with her husband, Dewi. She has been a healthcare assistant (HCA) for 4 years, and before this she was a full-time mum to her two sons, Matthew, 12, and Ben, 11.
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Valerie Jones grew up in Bethal Caernarfon, in Gwynedd, Wales, where she still lives with her husband, Dewi. She has been a healthcare assistant (HCA) for 4 years, and before this she was a full-time mum to her two sons, Matthew, 12, and Ben, 11.
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On the vitality of Sardinian as a heritage language
Abstract This investigation focuses on the analysis of the vitality of Sardinian varieties in migration contexts and discusses the use of corpus linguistics methodologies to highlight the outcomes of language contact phenomena in the heritage scenarios.Pisano, Simone +2 more
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Language endangerment and vitality
Abstract This chapter considers the current status of the Bantu languages in relation to language endangerment, which has resulted from the multiplication and resultant contact between the Bantu languages themselves and between them and non-Bantu languages over the last 3,500 years of expansion into central, eastern, and southern ...openaire +1 more source
Translation as a test of language vitality
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2013All the papers in this collection examine various aspects of the theory and practices of the translation system adopted by the EU institutions as an instrument to implement their policy of multilingualism. My own paper adopts an ecological perspective with a view to providing an overview of how translation, rather than being a neutral operation free of
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