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Cooke, John, Ed. – 1979
This pamphlet contains several essays on the culture and ethnic groups of New Orleans, Louisiana. Included are: (11 a discussion by Joseph Logsdon on the uniqueness of New Orleans culture, marked by its cuisine, interethnic mixtures, and its politics; (2) an article on theories of ethnicity and neo ethnicity, by Joseph V. Guillotte, III; (3) a…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Cubans, Cultural Influences
Download full textMeehan, Teresa M., Ed.; Schwenter, Scott A., Ed. – 1993
This volume contains working papers on a variety of topics in linguistics. They include: "A View of Phonology from a Cognitive and Functional Perspective" (Joan Bybee); "The Geography of Language Shift: Distance from the Mexican Border and Spanish Language Claiming in the Southwestern United States" (Garland D. Bills, Eduardo…
Descriptors: Child Language, Geographic Distribution, Grammar, Interpersonal Communication
PDF pending restorationMarlett, Stephen A., Ed. – 1997
The collection of seven working papers in linguistics includes: "Proceeding from Syllable Inventory to Phonemic Inventory in the Analysis of Liangshan Yi (Andy Eatough); "Empty Consonants in Root-Medial Position" (Stephen A. Marlett); "What Is Literature? A Definition Based on Prototypes" (Jim Meyer); "Seri…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Discourse Analysis, English, Interpersonal Communication
Silva-Corvalan, Carmen, Ed. – 1995
Papers on Spanish bilingualism and Spanish in contact with other languages include: "The Study of Language Contact: An Overview of the Issues" (Carmen Silva-Corvalan); "Language Mixture: Ordinary Processes, Extraordinary Results" (Sarah G. Thomason); "The Impact of Quichua on Verb Forms Used in Spanish Requests in Otavalo,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Aymara, Basque
Street, Brian, Ed. – 1993
A collection of essays on cross-cultural aspects of literacy education includes: "Conceptions and Uses of Literacy in a Papua New Guinea Village" (Don Kulick, Christopher Stroud); "Literacy and Feelings: The Encoding of Affect in Nukulaelae Letters" (Niko Besnier); "The Uses of Schooling and Literacy in a Zamfimaniry…
Descriptors: Arabic, Code Switching (Language), Cooperative Learning, Cross Cultural Studies
Bouton, Lawrence F., Ed.; Kachru, Yamuna, Ed. – 1994
This volume on pragmatics and language learning includes the following: "'Cultural Scripts': A Semantic Approach to Cultural Analysis and Cross-Cultural Communication" (Anna Wierzbicka); "Issues in Second Language Learning in a Multilingual Context" (Ayo Bamgbose); "Cross-Cultural Speech Act Research and the…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Counseling
