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Abstract In this article, we conceptualize how Davis’ two concepts of uneven reproduction and obstetric racism—both rooted in the US context—are effectuated in the Netherlands. We consider uneven reproduction to consist of bio‐ and necropolitics, namely the management and regulation of a population's bodies, life and death.
Rodante van der Waal +3 more
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The development of medical students' professional identities in rural settings: A scoping review
Abstract Background Major documented disparities exist in health equity between individuals living in rural and metropolitan areas. Recruiting and retaining doctors in rural areas remains a considerable challenge. Students' exposure to rural experiences facilitates their development of professional identities aligned to this specific community of ...
Catherine Garnsey +2 more
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Junior doctors' experiences with vulnerability: A rich picture study
Abstract Context The transition to practice is a context in which junior doctors can feel vulnerable. Although we know junior doctors experience intense emotions during their transition to practice, we still do not understand the role of vulnerability in this process. Vulnerability may cause emotional suffering but also offers an opportunity for growth
Titia S. van Duin +4 more
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Sign language for all? Profile and retention of students in a beginner sign language program
Abstract Around the globe, beginner sign language programs have seen surging enrolments in recent years. Yet relatively few learners progress to higher‐level sign language study. In this article, we explore factors shaping retention and attrition among a cohort of 70 beginner Australian Sign Language (Auslan) students studying in a vocational education
Louisa Willoughby +2 more
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Abstract This duoethnographic study explores how two nonnative returnee English teachers in China negotiate their professional identities through chronotopically layered transnational literacy experiences. Drawing on the concept of the chronotope—the interconnectedness of time, space, and personhood—the analysis identifies three chronotopic ...
Shan Chen, Luping Sun
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ABSTRACT Conversations can belong to different types, or genres. We consider four dimensions of variation as case studies: Some conversations are about sharing information, others about making decisions; some are about making firm commitments, others about brainstorming options; some are about sticking to the facts, others involve make‐believe; some ...
Elmar Unnsteinsson, Daniel W. Harris
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ABSTRACT By focusing on Galician‐language online content creation through a corpus of semistructured interviews with eight professional and semiprofessional influencers, this paper examines how language ideologies surrounding minoritized languages have been shaped and reshaped because of their inclusion in the digital realm.
Ramón Brais Freire Braña
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ABSTRACT Verbal communication between bureaucrats and citizens crucially determines the dynamics and outcomes of public encounters. However, so far, scholars have not sought to quantitively measure it, which limits our knowledge of the role language plays in shaping interactions between bureaucrats and clients.
Steffen Eckhard, Laurin Friedrich
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Nigerian English research: Developments and directions
Abstract This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such attempt to date to review the research landscape of Nigerian English in order to show its key ...
David Jowitt, Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
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Attitudes to Nigerian Englishes in higher education
Abstract Although there is a bourgeoning of studies on attitudes towards Nigerian Englishes, there is limited research on the effects of participants’ discipline (STEM and non‐STEM) and the type of secondary school (private and government) they attended in evaluating Nigerian Englishes.
Sopuruchi Christian Aboh
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