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Minority Languages of China [PDF]
, 2007 Abstract This chapter looks at language endangerment in the People ‘s Republic of China, focusing on three of the main factors that influence language maintenance in China today: increased contact due to population movements and changes in the economy; the population policies of the government, particularly the identification of ...
Poa, Dory., LaPolla, Randy John.
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Digital libraries and minority languages [PDF]
, 2005 Digital libraries have a pivotal role to play in the preservation and maintenance of international cultures in general and minority languages in particular.
Bainbridge, David +4 more
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Minority Language Rights [PDF]
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997 Contests over human rights as claims or entitlements to state assistance are how a major, if relatively recent, feature of the socio-political processes and institutions, of modern societies (Turner 1993). Within this wider debate about human rights, the subject of minority rights has long been of concern (Dinstein and Tabory 1992, Sigler 1983).
Nic Shuibhne, Niamh, Raigáin, P. Ó.
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Europe: So Many Languages, So Many Cultures [PDF]
, 2011 The number of different languages in Europe by far exceeds the number of countries. All European countries have national languages, and in nearly all of them there are minority languages as well, whereas all major languages have dialects.
Steinhauer, H. (Hein)
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Discriminating language rights and politics in the post-Yugoslav states [PDF]
, 2006 Pupavac examines the rise of linguistic human rights advocacy and its approach in a case study of language politics in the post-Yugolav states. A core concern of contemporary linguistic rights advocacy has been to tackle ethnically based discrimination ...
Pupavac, Vanessa
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NATIONAL LANGUAGE & MINORITY LANGUAGE RIGHTS
Englisia Journal, 2017 This brief paper highlights the perspectives of those proposing and opposing the idea of Minority Language Right (MLR). Then, the paper relates this discussion to the context of bi/multilingualism in Indonesia by referring to cases of bi/multilingualism in different contexts.
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Young children's cognitive achievement: home learning environment, language and ethnic background [PDF]
, 2013 For decades, research has shown differences in cognitive assessment scores between White and minority ethnic group(s) learners as well as differences across different minority ethnic groups.
Beals DE +17 more
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Kritik des neuen Kultes der Minderheitensprachen [PDF]
, 2010 Die Geschichte der Minderheitensprachen in den letzten 200 Jahren ist vielerorts eine Geschichte ihrer Unterdrückung. Im Kontext der Entstehung von Nationalstaaten wurden und werden bis heute die Sprachen der Minderheiten vielfach benachteiligt, zum Teil
Gerhards, Jürgen
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Minority languages of China [PDF]
, 2010 This chapter looks at language endangerment in the People's Republic of China, focusing on three of the main factors that influence language maintenance in China today: increased contact due to population movements and changes in the economy; the ...
LaPolla, Randy J., Poa, Dory
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