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Yiakoumetti, Androula, Ed. – Peter Lang Oxford, 2012
This volume brings together research carried out in a variety of geographic and linguistic contexts including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States and explores efforts to incorporate linguistic diversity into education and to "harness" this diversity for learners' benefit. It challenges the largely…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Language Planning, Pidgins, Creoles
Kasper, Gabriele, Ed.; Nguyen, Hanh thi, Ed.; Yoshimi, Dina Rudolph, Ed.; Yoshioka, Jim K., Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2010
This volume examines the organization of second language and multilingual speakers' talk and pragmatic knowledge across a range of naturalistic and experimental activities. Based on data collected on Danish, English, Hawai'i Creole, Indonesian, and Japanese as target languages, the contributions explore the nexus of pragmatic knowledge,…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Classroom Communication, Creoles, Form Classes (Languages)
Blansitt, Edward L., Jr., Ed.; Teschner, Richard V., Ed. – 1980
Among the 29 articles collected here are the following: (1) "On Markedness and Sociolinguistic Variation" (Amastae); (2) "On the Form of Bilingual Grammars: The Phonological Component" (Elerick); (3) "On Negation in Comparative Constructions" (Fries); (4) "Class by Value System: Implications for Bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Contrastive Linguistics
Garcia, Ofelia, Ed.; Fishman, Joshua A., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers tells the story of how languages other than English have contributed to making New York City a culturally vibrant and linguistically diverse city. Part 1, "Introduction to the Multilingual Apple," features "New York's Multilingualism: World Languages and Their Role in a U.S. City" (Ofelia Garcia). Part…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, German
Hargrave, Susanne, Ed. – 1981
Presented in this volume are five papers on literacy in the Australian Aboriginal context. They include: "Cultural Considerations in Vernacular Literacy Programmes for Traditionally Oriented Adult Aborigines" (Joy L. Sandefur); "Characteristics of Aboriginal Cognitive Abilities: Implications for Literacy and Research…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Adult Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style
Hartford, Beverly, Ed.; And Others – 1982
The fifteen articles in this volume are generally concerned with the role of vernacular language in bilingual education on an international scale. They examine specific nations and how bilingualism affects their social milieu. The following articles are included: (1) "Bilingualism and the Vernacular," by Shana Poplack; (2) "The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development
Young, Richard, Ed. – 1992
Five original research papers by faculty of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale are presented. The titles and authors are as follows: "Measuring the Instructional Sensitivity of ESL (English as a Second Language) Reading Comprehension Items" (Sheila R. Brutten, John T. Mouw, and Kyle…
Descriptors: Children, Creoles, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
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Swartz, Stephen M., Ed. – 1982
Five papers on the grammar of Warlpiri, an Australian Aboriginal language, include: "A Tentative Description of Ngardilpa (Warlpiri) Verbs" (Lothar H. Jagst); "Syntactic Structure of Warlpiri Clauses" (Stephen M. Swartz); "A Preliminary Description of Propositional Particles in Warlpiri" (Mary Laughren);…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics, Ethnic Groups
Huttar, George, Ed.; Gregerson, Kenneth, Ed. – 1986
A collection of essays on aspects of pragmatics in non-Western cultures includes these papers: "Social Rank and Tunebo Requests" (Paul Headland); "The Use of Reported Speech in Saramaccan Discourse" (Naomi Glock); "An Analysis of Illocutionary Verbs in Walmatjari" (Joyce Hudson); "Please Be Specific: A Functional…
Descriptors: African Languages, Creoles, Discourse Analysis, English
Ray, S., Ed. – 1985
Six papers on Australian Aboriginal and Islander grammars include: "Repetition of Tiwi at Clause Level" (Marie P. Godfrey); "Iwaidja Verbal Clauses" (Noreen Pym); "Murinbata Noun Clauses" (Chester S. Street); "Clauses in Kala Lagaw Ya" (Rod Kennedy); "Kalaw Kawaw Verbs" (Rod Kennedy); and…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Creoles, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Sandefur, John R. – 1984
Three articles on the orthography of Australian Aboriginal Kriol include: "Aspects of Developing a Writing System with Particular Reference to the Revision of the Kriol Orthography"; "A Guide to the Kriol Writing System"; and "A Resource Guide to Kriol." In the first two papers, issues of dealing with orthography in a…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Alphabets, Creoles, Cultural Context
Siegel, Jeff, Ed. – 1992
Nine papers present either discussion of the issues or practical answers to the issues of nonstandard dialects, pidgins, and creoles in the classroom. They include: "The Case Against a Transfer Bilingual Program of Torres Strait Creole to English in Torres Strait Schools" (Anna Shnukal); "Summary: A Survey of Teachers' Attitudes…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Communication, Creoles, English (Second Language)
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Hudson, Joyce, Ed.; Pym, N., Ed. – 1984
Reports on three surveys of Australian Aboriginal language use, undertaken to determine the language groups' needs for translation and literacy projects, are presented. "Communicability of Some Western Desert Communilects" by K. C. Hansen evaluates mutual intelligibility between languages and dialects in that region, and addresses the complicating…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Bilingualism, Community Surveys, Creoles
Shor, Ira, Ed. – 1987
Intended for teachers who wish to explore alternatives to the dominant pedagogy in the United States, and reflecting the creative enthusiasm many teachers gain from Paulo Freire's ideas, this collection of essays presents practical examples of innovative classroom work being done in Freirean education in America, as well as examinations of his…
Descriptors: Creoles, Critical Reading, Educational Change, Educational Theories
Larrimore, B., Ed. – 1984
Four papers relating to literacy education for Australian Aboriginal peoples are presented. "Testing Epenthetic Vowels in Anindilyakwa" by Velma J. Leeding reports on a study of Aboriginal perceptions of a short transitional vowel. In "Diagnostic Testing of the Anindilyakwa Orthography for Both Reading and Writing," Velma J.…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Creative Writing, Creoles
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