A North Saami to South Saami Machine Translation Prototype
The paper describes a rule-based machine translation (MT) system from North to South Saami. The system is designed for a workflow where North Saami functions as pivot language in translation from Norwegian or Swedish. We envisage manual translation from
Lene Antonsen +2 more
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Predicative possession in South Saami
In this paper, we analyse and describe the HAVE-constructions in South Saami (Saamic, Uralic), from a comparative perspective with other Saamic and Uralic languages. The Saamic languages can be divided into three subgroups: in the first, HAVE is expressed with a verb meaning ‘to be’; the second has a HAVE-construction based on a verb ‘to have’ and one ...
Rogier Blokland
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Experiencing the magic? The Saami turf hut as a cradle of stories, myths, and learning: South Saami traditional knowledge in teacher education [PDF]
In this article, we present the background and process of the building of a traditional South Saami derhvie-gåetie (turf hut) on Nord University’s campus in Levanger, Norway. The turf hut project is linked to the university’s teacher education programs in which traditional Saami knowledge is part of the curriculum.
Asbjørn Kolberg
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Puncturing Parts of History’s Blindness: South Saami and South Saami Culture in Early Picture Postcards [PDF]
In this chapter, I discuss early picture postcards of South Saami and South Saami culture from approximately 1880–1950. The point of departure is Tromso University Museum’s collection of more than 3800 postcards with Saami motives as well as the postcard exhibition ‘With an eye for the Sami’ at Perspektivet Museum in the same city.
Baglo, Cathrine, Cathrine Baglo
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South Saami Cultural Landscape Under Pressure [PDF]
This chapter will analyse the debate over the use and management of the South Saami cultural landscape where the construction of a large number of windmills in South Saami land has drawn the front line between the reindeer herders and commercial interests.
Nilssen, Trond Risto +1 more
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Local intraluminal delivery of a smooth muscle-targeted RNA ligand inhibits neointima growth in a porcine model of peripheral vascular disease [PDF]
Anti-proliferative agents have been the primary therapeutic drug of choice to inhibit restenosis after endovascular treatment. However, recent safety and efficacy concerns for patients who underwent peripheral artery disease revascularization have ...
Saami K. Yazdani +6 more
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This paper presents some results from a community-based project among local South Saami in the Norwegian and Swedish part of Saepmie. I was co-coordinating a two-year community-sponsored project in the community (Røyrvik) in which a local South ...
Åsa Virdi Kroik, Jonhild Joma
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Abstract South Saami, an indigenous language spoken in the central regions of Norway and Sweden, is the westernmost variety of the westernmost (Saami) branch of the Uralic language family. Despite its long history in the immediate neighbourhood of Scandinavian languages, many of the core features of South Saami stand out as constituting ...
Ylikoski Jussi, Ylikoski Jussi
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Language teacher identity and language acquisition in a South Saami preschool: A narrative inquiry
This paper explores language teacher identity (LTI) among three preschool teachers. The focus lies on the preschool teachers’ identities as linguistic role models by means of analysing their own descriptions of language learning, that is, their personal
David Kroik
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Delivery of Cell-Specific Aptamers to the Arterial Wall with an Occlusion Perfusion Catheter [PDF]
Current strategies to prevent restenosis following endovascular treatment include the local delivery of anti-proliferative agents to inhibit vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and migration.
Ofonime Udofot +7 more
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