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Abstract In this article, we juxtapose two international contexts of higher education to critically examine both the situated complexity of (restrictive) ideologies of multilingualism and the ways such ideologies inform multilingual students’ choices of language use that contribute to their own epistemic exclusion in Canada and Germany.
Sílvia Melo‐Pfeifer, Vander Tavares
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Gender assignment and gender agreement in advanced French interlanguage: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
An analysis of 519 gender errors (out of 9,378 modifiers) in the advanced French interlanguage of 27 Dutch L1 speakers confirms earlier findings that gender assignment and/or agreement remain problematic for learners at all levels.
Dewaele, Jean-Marc, Véronique, D.
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Toward a Conceptual Model of Academic Translation Competence
ABSTRACT Different cultures have distinct conceptions of knowledge and ways of defining, generating and communicating knowledge. Therefore, multilingualism in academia has been shown to be instrumental in preserving the various systems of knowledge, equality of opportunity in science and enhancing the international competitiveness of scholars whose ...
Krisztina Károly
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Identity, Politics and Power: Stories of Teaching Language in Quebec
ABSTRACT Language teaching is an inherently political act, and in Québec it is inextricably tied to questions of cultural belonging and national identity. This study explores the experiences of English as a second language (ESL) teachers in French‐medium schools in Québec. Drawing on critical applied linguistics and identity theory, it examines how pre‐
Katherine Hardin +2 more
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Quand le hirak inspire les néologismes
Les facteurs culturels, socio-politiques de la variation linguistique se combinent avec le développement déchaîné des moyens de communication pour faire de la langue française une langue en perpétuel mouvement ; elle se renouvelle, et bouge à chaque ...
Faïza BENABID, Brahim KETHIRI
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The influence of linguistic and social factors on the recent decline of French ne [PDF]
In this article we present some results showing the decline in radio speech in the use of the French negative particle ne over the last forty years or so.
Armstrong, N., Smith, A.
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Accented Epidermal Thinking: How Vocal Accent Reinforces the Visibility of Race
ABSTRACT This conceptual article introduces the notion of accented epidermal thinking, which refers to the ways in which the perception, voicing, and discussion of vocal accent all reinforce or accent the idea of race being a visual construct. The article explores how accented epidermal thinking manifests itself in three areas.
Vijay A. Ramjattan
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Was Proto-Kikongo a 5 or 7-vowel language? Bantu spirantization and vowel merger in the Kikongo language cluster [PDF]
This article addresses whether Proto-Kikongo (PK), the most recent common ancestor of the Kikongo Language Cluster (KLC), should be reconstructed with an inventory of 5 or 7 vowel phonemes.
Bostoen, Koen, Goes, Heidi
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The role of child language ability and parental mentalization in early child dysregulation
Abstract Dysregulation in early childhood is associated with increased vulnerability to psychopathology and poor psychosocial outcomes. While there is evidence that both child language ability and parental mentalization are associated with dysregulation in early childhood, there is little understanding of the relationships between these variables, and ...
Sara Cibralic +6 more
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La variation du français parlé au Gabon : transgression ou progression ?
Par le prisme de la variation et de l’appropriation, la transgression des normes langagières prescrites dans les grammaires traditionnelles effectuée par le français parlé au Gabon, devient un processus généralisé et linguistique d’une construction ...
Magali Italia
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