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"Cultura"-Inspired Intercultural Exchanges: Focus on Asian and Pacific Languages
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Chun, Dorothy M., Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2014
Although many online intercultural exchanges have been conducted based on the groundbreaking Cultura model, most to date have been between and among European languages. This volume presents several chapters with a focus on exchanges involving Asian and Pacific languages. Many of the benefits and challenges of these exchanges are similar to those…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Mediated Communication, Language Classification
The Languages of the World. New Edition.
Katzner, Kenneth – 1995
This survey of languages of the world begins with a chart of about 500 languages, organized in 21 language families. Within each family are listed subgroups and the major and minor languages within those subgroups. The chart is followed by a brief description of each language family. This in turn is followed by individual descriptions of the more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution, Language Classification, Language Role
The World's Writing Systems.
Daniels, Peter T., Ed.; Bright, William, Ed. – 1996
This survey of the world's written languages consists of a series of historical sketches of different languages, each including a table of signforms in their standard order and their variations, but focusing primarily on how the sounds of the language are represented in writing. A brief text in the language(s) the script is used for is also…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
Standard and Non-Standard African Language Varieties in the Urban Areas of South Africa. Main Report for the STANON Research Programme.
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Calteaux, Karen – 1996
This report provides data on standard and non-standard African language varieties occurring in urban areas of South Africa, drawn from nine smaller reports. It illustrates the language use patterns in black urban communities and describes the language varieties spoken in them. It was found that the impact of non-standard varieties on the use of…
Descriptors: African Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
An Introduction to the Languages of the World.
Lyovin, Anatole V. – 1997
The textbook is designed to introduce beginning students of linguistics to the variety of languages of the world. It assumes the reader has mastered the basic principles of linguistics, but seeks background information in the broad range of language phenomena found in the world's languages. Chapters address these topics: classification of…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, Volume 4.
Campbell, Lyle – 1997
The book offers a general survey of the history of Native American languages. Chapters address these topics: Native American pidgins and trade languages; the history of American Indian linguistics and classification of languages; the origin of Native American languages; languages of North America; languages of Central America; languages of South…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Arctic Languages: An Awakening.
Collis, Dermid R. F., Ed. – 1990
This work is a study of Arctic languages written in an interdisciplinary manner. Part of the Unesco Arctic project aimed at safeguarding the linguistic heritage of Arctic peoples, the book is the outcome of three Unesco meetings at which conceptual approaches to and practical plans for the study of Arctic cultures and languages were worked out.…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Canada Natives, Economic Development, Ethnic Groups