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Direct linkPaulina Aravena-Bravo; Alejandrina Cristia; Rowena Garcia; Hiromasa Kotera; Ramona Kunene Nicolas; Ronel Laranjo; Bolanle Elizabeth Arokoyo; Silvia Benavides-Varela; Titia Benders; Natalie Boll-Avetisyan; Margaret Cychosz; Rodrigo Dal Ben; Yatma Diop; Catalina Durán-Urzúa; Naomi Havron; Marie Manalili; Bhuvana Narasimhan; Paul Okyere Omane; Caroline Rowland; Leticia Schiavon Kolberg; Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata; Suzy J. Styles; Belén Troncoso-Acosta; Fei Ting Woon – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2024
With a long-term aim of empowering researchers everywhere to contribute to work on language development, we organized the First Truly Global /L+/ International Summer/Winter School on Language Acquisition, a free 5-day virtual school for early career researchers. In this paper, we describe the school, our experience organizing it, and lessons…
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Acquisition, Virtual Schools, Educational Researchers
Hui Wang; Anikó Hatoss – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2024
The study of language maintenance and shift (LMS) has attracted a large body of empirical work in language policy and planning (LPP) contexts, including allochthonous (immigrant) and autochthonous (indigenous) languages. However, some critical ontological questions that relate to the scope and terminology of language maintenance studies remain…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Maintenance, Language Planning, Language Skill Attrition
Konoshenko, Maria – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2014
Linguists tend to believe that total complexity of human languages is invariable. In order to test this hypothesis empirically, we need to calculate the complexity in different domains of language structure: phonology, morphology, syntax, etc. In this paper I provide some guidelines for documenting tonal systems and evaluating their complexity. I…
Descriptors: Tone Languages, African Languages, Phonology, Morphology (Languages)
Lebon-Eyquem, Mylène – First Language, 2015
Linguists use the concept of "diglossia" to describe any sociolinguistic situation where a low-prestige dialect coexists with a high-prestige one and these dialects are used in different social spheres. Recent observations on Reunion Island have challenged this view because people mix French and Creole extensively in the same utterance…
Descriptors: Surveys, Creoles, Dialects, Profiles
Armstrong, David F. – Sign Language Studies, 2008
The idea that iconic visible gesture had something to do with the origin of language, particularly speech, is a frequent element in speculation about this phenomenon and appears early in its history. Socrates hypothesizes about the origins of Greek words in Plato's satirical dialogue, "Cratylus", and his speculation includes a possible…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Deafness, Semiotics, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedGaines, Joseph H. – Journal of Black Psychology, 1996
Discusses how the talking drum has been a viable cultural voice for many West and Central African cultures in the acquisition of literacy. Emphasizes musical character of tonal languages and the use of the talking drum for literacy purposes. Proposes research questions regarding function and use of music and language; describes role of the talking…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Language Acquisition, Language Maintenance, Language Research
Peer reviewedSchmied, Josef; Hudson-Ettle, Diana – World Englishes, 1996
Examines a source of linguistic data--newspapers--and discusses related problems of text-type classification and feature interpretation. Using texts from East Africa as a database, the article assesses the influence of different production contexts on the text composition and analyzes the samples for the multifunctional variable of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Data Analysis, Databases
Peer reviewedMyers-Scotton, Carol – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1992
Examines the extent to which material from a donor language (Embedded Language or EL) appearing in a recipient language (Matrix Language) shows internal differentiation. It is suggested that models of structural aspects of codeswitching must provide a unified account for all EL material in codeswitching utterances. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Pluralism, Language Research
Peer reviewedKambou, Moses K. – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1999
Discusses results of a cross-sectional study that examined the phenomenon of referentiality in the acquisition of English as a foreign language by Francophone English-major college students in Burkina Faso. The research focused on the acquisition of the English article system. A cloze test of 107 items was used to collect the data. Demographic…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Cross Sectional Studies, Demography
Peer reviewedLengyel, Peter, Ed. – International Social Science Journal, 1984
This issue dealing with language discusses language and social structure, social progress and sociolinguistics, oral and literate traditions, Portuguese Creole dialects in West Africa, a framework for describing how languages spread, socio-cultural conflict and bilingual education, linguistic variation in one-language societies, the language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Dialects, Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedPeirce, Bonny Norton; Ridge, Stanley G. M. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Reviews recent research in multilingualism in Southern Africa, focusing on the role of languages in education, sociolinguistics, and language policy. Much of the research is on South Africa. Topics discussed include language of instruction in schools, teacher education, higher education, adult literacy, language contact, gender and linguistic…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Cultural Pluralism, Diachronic Linguistics
Bex, Tony, Ed.; And Others – 1978
This bulletin contains articles of interest to persons and institutions engaged in teaching English for special purposes (ESP) and allied activities. "Developments in ESP Courses and Centres" gives information on programs in specialized English and French. "Teaching and Learning Materials" presents techniques for teaching…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Book Reviews, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language)
