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Non-Standard and Minority Varieties as Community Languages in the UK: Towards a New Strategy for Language Maintenance [PDF]

, 2020
Supplementary schools (also referred to as complementary or Saturday schools) play a key role in teaching community heritage languages. In this way they contribute to strengthening awareness of cultural identity and confidence among pupils of migrant and
Karatsareas, P., Karatsareas, P., Matras, Y., Matras, Y.   +3 more
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Rapid screening of staphylokinase protein variants using an unpurified cell‐free expression system

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
An unpurified cell‐free protein synthesis (CFPS) platform enables rapid functional screening of staphylokinase variants. Direct plasminogen‐activation assays performed in microplate format provide real‐time activity readouts, allowing rapid identification and ranking of variants with improved or reduced fibrinolytic activity without protein ...
Maria Tomková, Veronika Hovanová, Jiri Damborsky, Erik Sedlák   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deconstructing the instrumental/identity divide in language policy debates [PDF]

, 2005
Debates about language and literacy policies are increasingly constructed at national levels in relation to their potential contribution to the ‘knowledge economy’, and to the ability of nation-states to compete economically in an increasingly globalised
May, Stephen
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Network Localization of Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Fatigue is among the most common symptoms and one of the main factors determining the quality of life in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying fatigue are not fully understood. Here we studied lesion locations and their connections in individuals with MS, aiming to identify brain networks ...
Olli Likitalo, Jaakko Kungshamn, Albert Bellmunt‐Gil, Silvia Tommasin, Abhineet Ojha, Matias Viitala, Juho Aaltonen, Jyrki Lötjönen, Juha Koikkalainen, Pauli Ylikotila, Patrizia Pantano, Merja Soilu‐Hänninen, Juho Joutsa   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fluid and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Microgliopathy Colony‐Stimulating Factor‐1 Receptor‐Related Disorders

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aims to identify both fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers for CSF1R‐RD that can inform the optimal timing of treatment administration to maximize therapeutic benefit, while also providing sensitive quantitative measurements to monitor disease progression.
Tomasz Chmiela, Madison Reeves, Karen Jansen‐West, Judith Dunmore, Yuping Song, Audrey Strongosky, Sunil Gandhi, Gilana Pikover, Matt Blurton‐Jones, Robert C. Spitale, Erik H. Middlebrooks, Leonard Petrucelli, Mercedes Prudencio, Zbigniew K. Wszolek   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Majority or Minority Languages? For a new discourse on languages [PDF]

Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 2008
I propose, at least where Europe, and more specifically the European Union is concerned that the question of language is approached from the perspective that all European languages are equal and necessary in order to form and respect all the pieces which
Aureli Argemi
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MINORITY LANGUAGES, MARGINALIZED LANGUAGES, MINORITIZED LANGUAGES OR LANGUAGE IN A MINORITIAL SITUATION? ATTEMPTED DEFINITION AND PERFORMANCES

RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2017
The article presents a sociolinguistic typology of languages that make up the categorical field of a linguistic minority. Meanings and connotations behind such concepts as minorization and minoriza-tion are considered, semantic analysis is presented ...
Antoine Pascaud
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Searching for the bilingual advantage in executive functions in speakers of Hunsrückisch and other minority languages: a literature review

Linguistik Online, 2020
The issue of a bilingual advantage on executive functions has been a hotbed for research and debate. Brazilian studies with the minority language Hunsrückisch have failed to replicate the finding of a bilingual advantage found in international studies ...
Elisabeth Abreu , Bernardo Limberger
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Functional Connectivity Linked to Cognitive Recovery After Minor Stroke

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Patients with minor stroke exhibit slowed processing speed and generalized alterations in functional connectivity involving frontoparietal cortex (FPC). The pattern of connectivity evolves over time. In this study, we examine the relationship of functional connectivity patterns to cognitive performance, to determine ...
Vrishab Commuri, Isabella Dallasta, Ciaran Stone, Sophia Girgenti, Neda Gould, Rafael H. Llinas, Jonathan Z. Simon, Elisabeth Breese Marsh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Translanguaging and Social Justice: The Stance of the Minority Languages through the Lens of the Lesotho Curriculum Policy [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Translanguaging refers to both the discourse practices of bilinguals, as well as to pedagogical practices that use the entire linguistic repertoire of bilingual students flexibly in order to teach rigorous content and develop language practices for ...
Malisema Francina Makoa, Kananelo Sylvester Moea   +1 more
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