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Terralingua Langscape Volume II, Issue 10 17/05/2012. May 15, 2012 It is my joy to present to you the latest issue of Langscape: Breaking the Language Barrier - a Biocultural Approach to Docum...
Fremdsprachen in Nigeria 14/05/2012. Subtitle: Einstellung und Vorliebe mit Besonderem Schwerpunkt auf die Stellung der Deutschen Sprache in Nigeria von 1859 bis 2003 Published: 2012 Publ...
Past issues of Kivung online 14/05/2012. Past issues of Kivung: Journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea 1/1 (April 1968) to 7/3 (December 1974) are now available for free downlo...
Vocational language learning and how it relates to language policy issues 11/05/2012. Maseko, Pamela (2008) Vocational language learning and how it relates to language policy issues. Masters thesis, Rhodes University. MASEKO-MA-TR08-78....
Linguist List Issue: Viewpoint in Language: Dancygier, Sweetser (Eds) 11/05/2012. Abstract: Introduction: viewpoint and perspective in language and gesture, from the ground up Eve Sweetser; Part I. Intersubjectivity and Subjectifica...
Research and Markets: Handbook of Educational Linguistics 23/04/2012. DUBLIN -- Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2711a1f9/handbook_of_educat) has announced the addition of John Wi...
Implementing Educational Language Policy in Arizona: Legal, Historical and Current Practices in SEI 23/04/2012. Series Title: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Published: 2012 Publisher: Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Book URL: http...
Choosing a Working Language in Multiethnic Nations: Rethinking Ethiopia’s Working Language Policy Fiseha Haftetsion Gebresilassie* 23/04/2012. Abstract The language policy of Ethiopia during the imperial and the military regimes prioritized Amharic as the state's sole official language and di...
Construction grammar as a tool for understanding language policy discourse 29/03/2012. Jan-Ola Östman (University of Helsinki & Freiburg Institute for Advances Studies) The study uses material collected by the University of Helsinki res...
Les llengües al sofà. El plurilingüisme familiar als països de llengua catalana 27/03/2012. Emili Boix-Fuster i Rosa Maria Torrens (eds.) En un món cada vegada més globalitzat creixen les famílies plurilingües i pluriculturals. Aquest lli...
Title: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society 30 15/03/2012. Multilingualism Series Title: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society 30 Published: 2012 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Book URL:...
Language, Culture and Curriculum 12/03/2012. Language, Culture and Curriculum Volume 25, Issue 1, 2012 Special Issue: Minority language policy, language planning, and education practice: cases fr...
NET.LANG: towards the multilingual cyberspace 08/03/2012. UNESCO and Maaya have published a new book: NET.LANG: towards the multilingual cyberspace. You can download the pdf version either in English or Frenc...
A Road Trip In Search Of America's Lost Languages 07/03/2012. The vast majority of the 175 indigenous languages still spoken in the United States are on the verge of extinction. Linguist Elizabeth Little spent tw...
South Korea: language policy and planning in the making 07/03/2012. Current Issues in Language Planning Volume 13, Issue 1, 2012 South Korea: language policy and planning in the making DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2012.650322...
Die Sprachpolitik des Europarats [The Language Policy of the Council of Europe] 23/02/2012. The "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages" of the Council of Europe now applies in 25 states. The articles in this volume examine the b...
Education in a multilingual world: UNESCO education position paper 23/02/2012. This document aims to clarify some of the key concepts and issues that surround the debate and presents in a simplified and synthetic form the many de...
Advocacy Kit for promoting Multilingual Education: Including the Excluded 23/02/2012. The kit is meant to raise awareness on the importance of mother-tongue-based multilingual education to reach the goals of EFA. It presents the value a...
The Making of Monolingual Japan: Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity 23/02/2012. Japan is widely regarded as a model case of successful language modernization, and it is often erroneously believed to be linguistically homogenous. T...
Why language matters for the Millennium Development Goals 21/02/2012. "The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a set of shared aspirations and efforts to make the world a more equitable and sustainable place. At the ...
The Handbook of Language Contact 09/01/2012. EDITOR: Raymond Hickey TITLE: The Handbook of Language Contact SERIES TITLE: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell YEAR: 2010 ...
Language Documentation & Conservation Journal 19/12/2011. We are pleased to announce Volume 5 of LD&C which can be read or downloaded here: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/2011/ LD&C is a fully refereed open-acce...
RNLD newsletter 12/12/2011. The first edition of the RNLD newsletter has arrived! It is available for download at http://www.rnld.org/newsletter Hope you enjoy reading about RNLD...
Lindley Murray (1745-1826), Quaker and Grammarian 12/12/2011. Dissertation URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/17835 Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): English (eng) Dis...
Spracheinstellungen von Grundschülerinnen und Grundschülern in einer Grenzregion Subtitle: Qualitative Untersuchung in zwei paritätisch unterrichteten ersten Klassen mit Zielsprache Französisch 30/11/2011. Author: Julia Putsche Series Title: Series: Mehrsprachigkeit in Europa/Multilingualism in Europe - Volume 5 Published: 2011 Publisher: Peter Lang AG B...
Reading in a Foreign Language (Volume 23, Number 2) 02/11/2011. http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/October2011/ In this issue, Patrick B. Judge reports on a long-term, multi-case study examining the motivations of eager r...
Multilingualism and Language Policy in Post-Soviet Ukraine: English, Ukrainian and Russian in Linguistic Landscapes (253 KB pdf) 02/11/2011. Author: Olga Bever This research examines language use in Linguistic Landscapes in a medium size city in post-Soviet southeastern Ukraine. Linguistic ...
Language Problems and Language Planning Vol. 35, No. 2 (2011) 02/11/2011. Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Journal Title: Language Problems and Language Planning Volume Number: 35 Issue Number: 2 Issue Dat...
Sharing a World of Difference: The Earth's linguistic,cultural and biological diversity 26/10/2011. We live in a world threatened by the loss of one of humanity's greatest treasures - its linguistic heritage. But few realize that bound up with the lo...
Pragmatics and Society Vol. 2/2 (2011) 26/10/2011. Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Journal Title: Pragmatics and Society Volume Number: 2 Issue Number: 2 Issue Date: 2011 Subtitle: ...
Uniformity and Diversity in Language Policy: Global Perspectives 24/10/2011. Series Title: Multilingual Matters Published: 2011 Publisher: Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Book URL: http://www.multiling...
Free Articles from the Journal of Sociolinguistics 24/10/2011. To mark the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the NWAV (New Ways of Analyzing Variation) conference, the Journal of Sociolinguistics has assembled a...
Speaking of Endangered Languages: Issues in Revitalization 24/10/2011. PUBLISHER: Cambridge Scholars Publishing YEAR: 2009 Lorena Cordova, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Mexico Ci...
Reading in a Foreign Language 23 (2) now online 19/10/2011. The October 2011 issue (Volume 23, Number 2) of the electronic journal Reading in a Foreign Language (RFL) is now online and can be read at http://nfl...
Ethnography and Language Policy 17/10/2011. McCarty, Teresa L. (Ed.) (2011) Ethnography and Language Policy. NY: Routledge. Pp. 328 ISBN 978-0415801409 Reviewed by Jon Reyhner Northern Arizona U...
Negotiating Solidarity: A Social-Linguistic Approach to Job Interviews 19/07/2011. AUTHOR: Lipovsky, Caroline TITLE: Negotiating Solidarity: A Social-Linguistic Approach to Job Interviews PUBLISHER: Cambridge Scholars YEAR: 2010 Laur...
The Language Wars by Henry Hitchings – review 01/07/2011. An entertaining and thoughtful history of the pedantry, scholarship and prejudice that surround the English language James Purdon The Observer, Sunday...
The Dynamic Construction of Race, Class, and Gender through Linguistic Practice among Women in a Black Appalachian Community 01/07/2011. Institution: North Carolina State University Program: Linguistic Program Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2006 Author: Christine Mallinson ...
Specialized Languages in the Global Village: Pérez-Llantada, Watson (Eds) 28/06/2011. Specialized Languages in the Global Village: A Multi-Perspective Approach Published: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.or...
Christine Hélot & Muiris O' LAoire (eds) (2011) Language Policy for the Multilingual Classroom: Pedagogy of the possible, Bristol, Multilingual Matters 20/06/2011. With contributions from leading scholars all around the world, this volume underlines the ever-pressing need for new language in education policies to...
Language Policy and Language Education in Emerging Nations: Focus on Slovenia and Croatia with Contributions from Britain, Austria, Spain, and Italy (Advances in Discourse Processes) 20/06/2011. It has long been an assumption in the field of English as a foreign language that those who speak the language as natives pronounce the way it should ...
Language policies in education:critical issues 10/06/2011. James W. Tollefson Psychology Press, 2002 - 350 páginas How do language policies in education serve the interests of dominant groups within societies...
Delaware Indian Language of 1824 10/06/2011. by C. C. Trowbridge edited by James A. Rementer In 1823, a man named Charles C. Trowbridge went to Indiana Territory on an assignment from Governor Le...
The dominance of English as a language of science: effects on other languages and language communities 10/06/2011. The book shows to what degree English is now the dominant language of science. Giving examples from countries on all continents, explanations are give...
Reclaiming the local in language policy and practice 10/06/2011. (Google eBook) A. Suresh Canagarajah Psychology Press, 2005 - Social Science - 297 pages This volume inserts the place of the local in theorizing abou...
Grammaticographie des langues minoritaires: le cas de l'innu 10/06/2011. Author: Anne-Marie Baraby Dissertation Title: Grammaticographie des langues minoritaires: le cas de l'innu Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation...
Himalayan Languages and Linguistics: Studies in Phonology, Semantics, Morphology and Syntax in Brill's Tibetan Studies Library 06/06/2011. As editors of a new volume, are delighted to announce the publication of Himalayan Languages and Linguistics: Studies in Phonology, Semantics, Morphol...
The Language of Language. A Linguistics Course for Starters (February 2011) 06/06/2011. My co-author, Associate Professor Sunita Anne Abraham, and I wanted to alert you to the newest edition of our book, The Language of Language. A Lingui...
Living with Koryak Traditions: Playing with Culture in Siberia 30/05/2011. Alexander D. King What does it mean to be a traditional Koryak in the modern world? How do indigenous Siberians express a culture that entails distinc...
International Journal of the Sociology of Language Vol. 2011, No. 209 23/05/2011. Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Journal Title: International Journal of the Sociology of Language Volume Number: 2011 Iss...
Language Policy in Ukraine: International Standards and Obligation,and Ukrainian Law and Legislation 02/05/2011. Bill Bowring Birkbeck College - School of Law March 31, 2011 Abstract: Language policy in Ukraine has a political and historical context ofunique comp...
Alto Xingu: uma sociedade multilíngue 15/04/2011. Alto Xingu: uma sociedade multiíngue Bruna Franchetto Editor: Museu do Índio, 2011 This book presents the results of the project 'Linguistic evidenc...
Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology 08/04/2011. Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication by Wiley-Blackwell of my new book, Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic...
National Language Planning & Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities 01/04/2011. Speaking in Many Tongues Edited by Dipika Mukherjee and Maya Khemlani David Controversies and problems with regard to language policy and language edu...
Minority Languages and Group Identity: Edwards 28/03/2011. Title: Minority Languages and Group Identity Subtitle: Cases and Categories Series Title: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society 27 Published: 2011 B...
Language Documentation and Description 9 available for pre-publication 25/03/2011. The ninth volume of Language Documentation and Description is now in production and can be pre-ordered for 20% off the regular price. LDD 9 is a co...
International Journal of the Sociology of Language Vol. 2011, No. 208 (2011) 21/03/2011. Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Journal Title: International Journal of the Sociology of Language Volume Number: 2011 The...
Anthropological Linguistics 52/2 (2010) 21/03/2011. Joyce Gettman , Anthropological Linguistics Vol. 52, No. 2 (2010) Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Journal Title: Anthropological Linguistic...
Language Policy in the People's Republic of China 21/03/2011. By Minglang Zhou, Hongkai Sun Springer | English | 2004-08-27 | ISBN: 1402080387 | 346 pages | PDF | 3,8 MB Language matters in China. It is about pow...
Language Policy And Language Education In Emerging Nations, Vol. 63 21/03/2011. by Robert De Beaugrande, Meta Grosman, Barbara Seidlhofer It has long been an assumption in the field of English as a foreign language that those who ...
Language in Society Vol. 40, No. 2 (2011) 18/03/2011. Publisher: Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Articles The playful is political: The metapragmatics of internet rape-joke arguments...
Language Documentation and Description 18/03/2011. The ninth volume of Language Documentation and Description is now in production and can be pre-ordered for 20% off the regular price. LDD 9 is a colle...
Does the United States Need a Language Policy? 14/03/2011. by Bernard Spolsky, Professor Emeritus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 2010 Ferguson Fellow, Center for Applied Linguistics Some nations include a langua...
Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker 11/03/2011. In the early 1960s, R. M. W. (Bob) Dixon was one of the first linguists to study the Aboriginal languages of northeast Queensland, Australia. He found that some languages of the coastal rainforest were still in daily use, but others were only half-remembered by a single elder.
The Last Speakers 11/03/2011. K. David Harrison, a man in the intrepid business of saving languages, took time from his world travels, his lectures, and appearances on Comedy Central to speak with Flaunt about his new book, The Last Speakers (National Geographic), reminding us residents of Los Angeles-a place where sustainability looks nothing short of challenging-that we may want to learn a little something about Chumash, the native tongue of this region.
Do You Speak Swiss? 18/02/2011. Posted on February 14, 2011 by Ingrid Piller A most amazing book has just landed on my desk: Do you speak Swiss, edited by Walter Haas, is the final r...
New Publication Announcement: “New Perspectives on Endangered Languages” 17/02/2011. New Perspectives on Endangered Languages Edited by: José A. Flores Farfán and Fernando F. Ramallo A new publication that links the issue of Endanger...
English as she was spoke. The days of English as the world’s second language may (slowly) be ending. The future of English 11/02/2011. ENGLISH is the most successful language in the history of the world. It is spoken on every continent, is learnt as a second language by schoolchildren and is the vehicle of science, global business and popular culture. Many think it will spread without end. But Nicholas Ostler, a scholar of the rise and fall of languages, makes a surprising prediction in his latest book: the days of English as the world's lingua-franca may be numbered.
Ethnonationalism in India 11/02/2011. John Stuart Mill in his celebrated essay, Considerations on Representative Government, had advanced the view that democracy is "next to impossible" in...
Honoring Our Heritage: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students 11/02/2011. You might be interested in the new book Honoring Our Heritage: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students, which is available ...
Studies in Language and Social Interaction 07/02/2011. This is a series which continues the tradition of Studies in Discourse and Grammar, but with a new focus. It aims to provide a forum for research on g...
Forbidden Language: English Learners and Restrictive Language Policies 07/02/2011. Authors: Patricia Gándara, Megan Hopkins (editors) Date Published: January 01, 2010 Increasingly, the academic achievement of English language Learne...
Language Policy in Tanzania 04/02/2011. The politics of globalization have played a significant role in shaping the current state of education around the world. One of the most important ele...
Journal of Politeness Research: Language, Behaviour, Culture 04/02/2011. Journal of Politeness Research: Language, Behaviour, Culture Vol. 7, No. 1 (2011) The latest issue includes the following articles: Facework and im/po...
Volume 15 Number 1 of Language Learning & Technology 17/01/2011. The National Foreign Language Research center is happy to announce that Volume 15 Number 1 of Language Learning & Technology is now available at http:...
Language Planning Policy In Europe V.2 The Czech Republic The European Union And Northern Ireland Language Planning And Policy V. 2 17/01/2011. This volume covers the language situation in the Czech Republic European Union and Northern Ireland explaining the linguistic diversity the historical...
Language Policy in Tanzania 17/01/2011. The politics of globalization have played a significant role in shaping the current state of education around the world. One of the most important ele...
Urban Diversity: Space, Culture, and Inclusive Pluralism in Cities Worldwide 17/12/2010. As the world's urban populations grow, cities become spaces where increasingly diverse peoples negotiate such differences as language, citizenship, et...
Linguapax Asia: A Retrospective Edition of Language and Human Rights Issues 17/12/2010. Collected Proceedings of Linguapax Asia Symposia 2004-2009 From The Editors: Beginning with its first symposium in 2004, Linguapax Asia has based its ...
Endangered Alphabets, by Tim Brookes 17/12/2010. The world has between 6,000 and 7,000 languages, half of which may be extinct by the end of this century. Another and even more dramatic way in which ...
Translation and Violent Conflict 17/12/2010. Translators and interpreters are frequently found at the centre of attempts to wage war or negotiate peace between opposing factions. Translation and ...
Language and Politics in Africa: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives 17/11/2010. "Language and Politics in Africa is a fine collection of both empirically and theoretically based articles from across the African continent and beyon...
Foreign Language Anxiety: A Study of Hungarian Students of English as a Foreign Language 17/11/2010. "Does anxiety about learning and using a foreign language decline as learners become more competent in the target language, or is anxiety also relevan...
Industrialization and the Restructuring of Speech Communities in China and Europe 17/11/2010. "The book documents the changing language situation in urban centres in China, gauging the impact of industrialization and the consequent population m...