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‘Executive robbery’: UK public law, race, and ‘regimes of dispossession’ in the Chagos Archipelago

Journal of Law and Society, Volume 51, Issue 1, Page 57-81, March 2024.
Abstract This article explores the relationship between United Kingdom (UK) public law and ‘regimes of dispossession’, taking the Chagos Archipelago as its point of departure. This article argues that this instance of dispossession, typically understood as fortifying the military power of the United States, was also part of a wider geography of states ...
TANZIL CHOWDHURY
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of ethnicity and gender on youth health

Cogent Social Sciences, 2016
This study investigated the effects of ethnicity and gender on the health of young people (14–25 years old) living in Mauritius. Combinations of female and male by four ethnic groups—“Creole”, “Hindu”, “Muslim” and “Mixed”—were used for multivariate ...
Komalsingh Rambaree, Igor Knez
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Sons empruntés – aux marges du système phonémique ? Le cas du [h], [tʃ] et [dʒ] et des rhotiques d’origine indienne en créole mauricien

Études Créoles
The exceptional linguistic diversity of Mauritius makes it a particularly fertile ground for the development of contact phonology and, in particular, the phonology of borrowings.
Elissa Pustka, Shrita Hassamal
doaj   +1 more source

Literacy and the vernacular : a case study based on the post-colonial history of Mauritius, with particular reference to Mauritian Creole

, 2015
This thesis examines the process of the literization of the vernacular, and seeks to establish the island of Mauritius as a case study of this process.
Hills, Laura
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Palatales et palatalisations : ⁠/⁠ɲ⁠/⁠ et l’affrication des plosives ⁠/⁠t⁠/⁠ et ⁠/⁠d⁠/⁠ en créole mauricien

Études Créoles
In this article, we analyze two palatal features in Mauritian Creole based on an oral corpus of 19 speakers: the nasal ⁠/⁠ɲ⁠/⁠ and the affrication of the anterior plosives ⁠/⁠t⁠/⁠ and ⁠/⁠d⁠/⁠ before [i], [j], [y], and [ɥ].
Marc Chalier, Muhsina Alleesaib
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Translation and national identity: the use and reception of Mauritian Creole translations of Shakespeare and Molière [PDF]

, 2010
The purpose of this thesis is to find out whether theatre translation into Mauritian Creole can contribute to the formation of a national identity in post-colonial, multi-ethnic and multilingual Mauritius.
November, Kate
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Over the rainbow [PDF]

, 2018
In the conclusion, I reflect that a common concern with the problem of belonging unites all of the novels of my corpus. Despite the great diversity of forms of belonging imagined, there also emerge areas of striking convergence: the trope of the journey ...
Waters, Julia
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Left ventricular hypertrophy: an ECG-based study of prevalence and risk factors in a multiethnic population. [PDF]

Open Heart, 2023
Taki H, Tuomilehto J, Zimmet P, Tamosiunas A, Kowlessur S, Magliano DJ, Shaw JE, Söderberg S, Nilsson U.   +8 more
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English and Mauritian Creole: A Reflection on How the Vocabulary, Grammar and Syntax of the Two Languages Create Difficulties for Learners

, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the various linguistic reasons that cause Mauritian students to experience difficulties while learning English. As Mauritius is a former British and French colony, most Mauritians are bilinguals.
Kobita Kumari Jugnauth, Kumari Jugnauth, Kobita   +1 more
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The Syntax and Semantics of a Determiner System: A case study of Mauritian Creole

, 2011
This volume is the first to explore the syntax and semantics of a creole nominal system within a minimalist framework and a formal semantics. The quantificational approach provides evidence that the occurrence of bare nouns in Mauritian Creole (MC ...
Guillemin, Diana, Diana Guillemin
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