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Vinogradov, Igor – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
Languages in the Mesoamerican linguistic area have been reported to lack a dedicated means of expressing the privative meaning that encodes the absence of a participant in a situation. This micro-typological study identifies alternative strategies that the languages in this area employ to function without dedicated privative markers, namely…
Descriptors: Language Classification, American Indian Languages, Spanish, Linguistic Borrowing
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Barahona, Byron A. – L2 Journal, 2014
This article discusses the perilous legitimacy and professional vulnerability of the foreign-born Spanish instructor in the U.S. First, it examines the academic goals of language and in particular Spanish departments regarding the development of language proficiency, the study of cultural values of the Spanish-speaking world, and the place of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Quintana, Stephen M. – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
A developmental model of children's understanding of nationality (Nationality Perspective-Taking Ability or NPTA) was proposed and evaluated in this study. The NPTA model expands extant definitions and provides a theoretical foundation for the developmental progression of national identity. Children (Mean age = 9.33 years) from Latin American and…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Cultural Awareness, Children, Foreign Countries