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Rieder, Maria – Language Awareness, 2018
This article argues that Irish Travellers' ideologies of languageness and their definition of Cant are closely linked to their perceptions of social reality. Cant is a communicative code which Travellers use beside English in Traveller-specific situations. Based on the analysis of focus groups, I take a folk-linguistic and anthropological approach…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Migrants, Minority Groups, Jargon
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Pukelis, Kestutis; Smetona, Antanas – Quality of Higher Education, 2011
In this article, an example of translation of the English term "learning outcome" into the Lithuanian system of educational terms is used to discuss semantic peculiarities of translating professional terms. Consistency of a concept signifier and content of a concept, as well as their tune with already existing systems of educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semantics, Indo European Languages, Translation
Court, Stephen – 1996
This dictionary of higher education provides definitions of terms, organizations, abbreviations, and concepts specifically relevant to further and higher education in the United Kingdom. "Further education" is defined as below degree level education for students over age 16 and is often vocational. The dictionary also provides…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Definitions, Dictionaries, Educational Policy