"The following key principles, based on human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights and values of indigenous peoples as indicated in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), will inspire the future Global Action Plan for the International Decade of
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Indigenous Languages: Centrality of indigenous peoples – ‘Nothing for us without us’ [...]; compliance with international norms and standards [...]; joint action, ‘Delivering as One’, for efficient and coherent delivery across the UN system [...]; multi-stakeholder partnerships at all levels [...]; a holistic approach in programming [...]" (Key principles, page 4)
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"This article explores the reception practices of multi-lingual audiences in Ghana, focusing on their views on the different norms and approaches of local language and English language radio newscasts. Using data from a convenience sample of 1000 radio listeners in five Ghanaian cosmopolitan cities
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the study finds that audiences prefer more performative modes of news delivery on their local language stations. It was also evident that radio audiences are discerning and make distinctions between what is acceptable on local language versus English language radio. These results call for a reconsideration of western-influenced standards of news delivery and the development of professional standards more accommodating of the inflections of culture." (Abstract)
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"Exploring the ways in which language and conflict are intertwined and interrelated, this book examines the changes that have taken place in the public discourse of the Ukraine and Russia since 2014 and the beginning of the 'Ukrainian Crisis.' Through analysis of the narratives constructed by differ
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ent social groups in Ukraine, Language of Conflict shows how discourse can illuminate the competing worldviews and the conflicting positions of the various stakeholders in this conflict. Through critical discourse analysis and multimodality, this book explores the prevalent narratives and the linguistic features of the salient discourses surrounding this conflict. Using Russian- and Ukrainian-language texts from traditional and social media, contributors from Ukraine, Russia and beyond investigate discourses surrounding the most important topics of the crisis: its causes and goals, the sides, and the values and ideologies of the opposing parties. Highlighting the ways in which the stress produced by social discord, economic hardship and violence, is reflected in verbal aggression, slurs, insults and profane language of extraordinary linguistic creativity, Language of Conflict provides insight into the ways people think about, respond to and experience the reality of conflict in their everyday communication." (Publisher description)
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"This research aims at finding the current state of (open) voice datasets in Indian languages, including information about their volume, quality, mode of collection, and availability. The present research also explores the challenges for the creation and maintenance of open voice datasets in India.
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The report makes practice-oriented recommendations for future sustainable voice data collection based on both extensive desk research and expert interviews."
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"This document describes how to enable mobile and desktop software to support a written language. The recommended implementation allows native speakers to communicate online, share knowledge and documents, and to use software and devices that would otherwise be inaccessible to them. The intended aud
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iences of this document are: indigenous communities wanting to make their language accessible on mobile devices and computers; technologists supporting the digitization of one or more languages; organizations wanting to enable language communities. This document aims to help you determine what tools you need and how to use them. It may also assist you in discovering the available tools for using your language online." (Introduction)
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"This Handbook is an in-depth appraisal of the field of minority languages and communities today. It presents a wide-ranging, coherent picture of the main topics, with key contributions from international specialists in sociolinguistics, policy studies, sociology, anthropology and law. Individual ch
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apters are grouped together in themes, covering regional, non-territorial and migratory language settings across the world. It is the essential reference work for specialist researchers, scholars in ancillary disciplines, research and coursework students, public agencies and anyone interested in language diversity, multilingualism and migration." (Publisher description)
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"It is estimated that between 6,000 and 7,000 languages are currently spoken worldwide, of which approximately half, if not more, will disappear by the end of this century [...] Language plays a central role not only for the preservation of identity and culture, but also in matters of non-discrimina
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tion and access to a variety of rights [...] As a small number of dominant languages gain an increasing hold, the pressure on communities speaking minority and indigenous languages will grow [...] African states should revise their laws and policies, in line with current understanding of language rights, to ensure minority and indigenous language rights are respected ..." (Key findings)
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"This book showcases current research on language in new media, the performing arts and music in Africa, emphasising the role that youth play in language change and development. The authors demonstrate how the efforts of young people to throw off old colonial languages and create new local ones has
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become a site of language creativity. Analysing the language of ‘new media’, including social media, print media and new media technologies, and of creative arts such as performance poetry, hip-hop and rap, they use empirical research from such diverse countries as Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya, the Ivory Coast and South Africa." (Publisher description)
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"Les écrivains bibliques ont coutume de recourir au symbolisme pour assurer que la saisie de leur message soit facilitée. En se focalisant en particulier sur le quatrième évangile du Nouveau Testament, l'auteur lève le voile sur le caractère énigmatique de la christologie johannique qui para
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t déconcertante pour le lecteur non averti à cause du caractère imagé que revêtent les appellations de Jésus : comme langage parabolique et allégorique, comme métaphore et symbole. Cette étude montre que le symbolisme n'est pas une formulation conceptuelle obscure et incomprise du public, mais au contraire que les théologiens devraient dans leurs discours de chaque jour être en mesure de trouver des formulations symboliques, afin de traduire l'exactitude de la vérité éthique et religieuse à transmettre. Bien compris ce langage est un outil d'enseignement fidèle à la méthode de transmission biblique et un véhicule sémantique d'une efficacité pédagogique inégalée." (Résumé)
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"Language is one of the main ways that discrimination is enacted. In the discourse of discrimination there is a set of key words that denote the processes of prejudice. This book discusses the lexical semantics of this field of words and how, as a cognitive process, they underlie insults, hate speec
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h, slurs, derogatory phrases, terms of abuse and other linguistic acts of discrimination. Stollznow presents a semantic analysis employing reductive paraphrase, using data sourced from naturally occurring examples and corpora. Relevant semantic phenomena are also examined, such as synonymy, polysemy, metaphor, euphemism and dysphemism, semantic shift, pejoration, amelioration and reclamation. This book examines the way people enact racism, sexism, ageism and other forms of discrimination in language." (Publisher description)
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"Viele Menschen verstehen schwere Sprache nicht. Das ist zum Beispiel schwere Sprache: Fremd-Wörter, Fach-Wörter, Lange Sätze. Darum gibt es Leichte Sprache. Leichte Sprache verstehen alle besser. Leichte Sprache hilft vielen Menschen. Zum Beispiel: Menschen mit Lern-Schwierigkeiten, Menschen mit
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der Krankheit Demenz; Menschen, die nicht so gut Deutsch sprechen; Menschen, die nicht so gut lesen können. Viele Menschen wissen nicht genau: Was ist Leichte Sprache? Sie müssen erst lernen: Wie schreibt man in Leichter Sprache? Wie spricht man in leichter Sprache? Leichte Sprache sieht einfach aus. Aber Schreiben oder Sprechen in Leichter Sprache ist oft ganz schön schwer. Man muss auf viele Regeln achten. Üben Sie Leichte Sprache. Immer wieder. Und wieder. Es ist viel Arbeit. Aber es lohnt sich." (Seite 1-2)
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"In a world where new technologies are being developed at a dizzying pace, how can we best approach oral genres that represent heritage? Taking an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, this volume explores the idea of sharing as a model to construct and disseminate the knowledge of literary her
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itage with the people who are represented by and in it. Expert contributors interweave sociological analysis with an appraisal of the transformative impact of technology on literary and cultural production. Does technology restrict, constraining the experience of an oral performance, or does it afford new openings for different aesthetic experiences? Topics explored include the Mara Cultural Heritage Digital Library, the preservation of Ewe heritage material, new eresources for texts in Manding languages, and the possibilities of technauriture." (Publisher description)
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"Langues et médias en Afrique noire francophone est une contribution très précieuse qui se focalise sur cet aspect tout à fait négligé de l'analyse des mutations médiatiques africaines contemporaines : les transformations de la langue. Elle ouvre une réflexion sur ce que la manipulation de l
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a langue, par les journalistes actuels, révèle quant aux évolutions sociales. Ce qui est passionnant dans le recueil de textes proposé, c'est justement que les différentes contributions s'étendent sur près de 25 ans : elles balayent ainsi un quart de siècle d'histoire de la presse camerounaise, s'intéressant tantôt aux médias publics, tantôt à la presse privée, évoquant les radios ou encore touchant à des thématiques voisines comme celle des TIC. La presse écrite, qui est au centre de cet ouvrage, constitue le reflet de la société qui lui donne naissance. Dès lors, que révèle la langue qu'elle emploie sur l'état de la société camerounaise aujourd'hui, et plus largement sur celles de l'Afrique francophone ? L'auteur démontre avec méthode et rigueur scientifique que la mutation des identités et des pratiques professionnelles transparaissent dans les usages et formes verbales des journalistes africains francophones, tout autant que les évolutions globales des sociétés dont ils sont issus. C'est à ce décryptage fascinant que nous convie, depuis plus de vingt ans, le travail de Louis Martin Onguéné Essono, qui propose, à travers ce recueil, de nombreuses pistes de réflexion stimulantes." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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"Del análisis de los quince estudios de caso se desprende un complejo retrato del trabajo que encabezan actores indígenas y no indígenas para que los idiomas nativos del continente ganen espacios y se visibilicen en la esfera digital. El estudio muestra que las formas de hacer activismo digital d
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e lenguas indígenas son diversas, pero también que una de las características que comparten es la necesidad de establecer alianzas más allá del mundo comunitario indígena. Si bien el liderazgo de algunos aliados no-indígenas parece en ocasiones “suplantar” el protagonismo nativo, lo fundamental para hacer efectivos los esfuerzos de recuperación lingüística es el compromiso que todos tengan con comunidades de habla y con potenciales interesados en aprender los idiomas originarios. En los casos analizados se aprecia una enorme energía, entusiasmo e imaginación para incorporar los idiomas nativos a expresiones de cultura digital que caracterizan hoy día la esfera mediática global. Cuando los activistas indígenas acometen la tarea de iniciar un proyecto digital, el principal reto que encuentran reside en la ausencia de espacios de capacitación para el manejo de herramientas y la producción de medios digitales atractivos para diversas comunidades. Donde los equipos son básicos, los activistas sustituyen la sofisticación tecnológica con trabajo colaborativo, talento creativo, alianzas estratégicas y un sofisticado conocimiento de la lengua y cultura de sus pueblos. En los casos donde la generación más joven es la que está al frente de las iniciativas digitales, se generan procesos de re-aprendizaje de la lengua que en sí mismos demuestran el potencial e impacto que este tipo de activismo tiene. Para medir la efectividad de estas acciones indígenas, el estudio solicitó a los propios protagonistas hacer una auto-evaluación de los alcances de su trabajo. Aquí se revelan múltiples pistas que deberán ser seguidas en posteriores estudios." (Resumen ejecutivo)
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"This brief manifesto aims to help citizens and organisations of all types to realise the great importance of linguistic diversity and to become committed to defending it. It aims to be a tool for the necessary consensus to ‘correct language imbalance and to ensure respect and full development for
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all languages, to establish the principles of language peace in the whole planet, in a fair and equitable manner, as a key factor for living together.’ At Linguapax we are convinced that respect for linguistic diversity must be fostered through families, communities and schools so that we are educated in this culture, promoting peace." (Page 4)
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"These standards are to help people make their information easy to read and understand. We have made these standards as part of a project that took place in Europe. People from 8 European countries met several times to write these standards. The project which brought these people together was called
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“Pathways to adult education for people with intellectual disabilities”. Adult education is also called lifelong learning. Lifelong learning programmes are courses where adults can learn new things. At the moment, lifelong learning programmes are often hard for people with intellectual disabilities to take part in. The aim of this project is to make lifelong learning programmes easier for people with intellectual disabilities to take part in." (Page 5)
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"There is a growing concern about the decline and possible extinction of the Igbo language. The Igbo are primarily located in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. This study analysed four interviews on Igbo Radio, an Igbo Internet radio station, to ascertain how Internet radio is being utilized in dis
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cussing the decline of the Igbo language. Drawing on ethnolinguistic vitality theory, this qualitative study triangulates four selected interviews on Igbo Radio, the website, and personal observations for the analysis. Three salient themes emerged: (1) decline and challenges of the Igbo language, (2) second-generation immigrants and the Igbo language, and (3) sustaining the Igbo language. The findings suggest that Igbo parents appear to have less vitality; as a result, they tend not to teach their children Igbo." (Abstract)
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