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Valuing All Languages in Europe

open access: yes, 2007
The VALEUR project (2004-2007) took as its focus the 'additional' languages of Europe. These are defined as all languages in use in contexts where they are not 'national', 'official', or 'dominant' languages.
McPake, Joanna   +8 more
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Linguistic diversity within the Church: A theological defence

open access: yes
This article argues that linguistic diversity is vital for the health of the Church. Although multilingualism has been crucial to human history, linguistic imperialism has become characteristic of the modern age.
Holmes, Martin George
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The challenge of translating Brian Friel's translations

open access: yes, 2001
Introduction: «Translations is a modern classic» (Daily Telegraph). «[...] The most deeply involved with Ireland but also the most universal: haunting and hard, lyrical and erudite, bitter and forgiving, both praise and lament» (Sunday Times).
Mazzara, F., Philippopoulou, D.
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Queer linguistic imperialism: typological and linguistic obstructions to the emancipation of sexual orientation and gender identity minorities in postcolonial Pakistan [PDF]

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This thesis examines the role of (post)colonial language practices as mechanisms of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) marginalisation in contemporary Pakistan. Primarily, this qualitative research investigates the English
Chester, J
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Unmasking therapy-speak. [PDF]

open access: yesTheor Med Bioeth
Isern-Mas C, Almagro M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Linguistic Imperialism in International Accounting Theory

open access: yes, 2002
The conclusions reached in this paper can be summarized as follows : (1) We should distinguish meta-language from object language. Our thoughts become confused and lost in a maze when the ranks of the language are confused, which is the problem that ...
Chun, Jae-moon   +4 more
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