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Walker, Willard – 1982
The Cree and Cherokee syllabary systems were designed by gifted amateurs, such as Sequoyah, who received no funding or significant institutional support. Although he had influential kinsmen in his matrilineage, his project encountered active, widespread opposition from his contemporaries prior to its validation in 1821. Sequoyah found it necessary…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Cree, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedHavelock, Eric A. – Journal of Communication, 1980
Discusses the Greek contribution to the alphabet and the development of written communication. Contrasts oral and written traditions and the impact of each. (JMF)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Communication (Thought Transfer), Greek Civilization, Greek Literature
Download full textKimball, Lillian G. – American Book Company, 1911
This textbook is an elementary English course based upon two fundamental facts in regard to language: (1) the purpose of language is communication of thought; and (2) the use of language is an art. The book also provides a complete and progressive course of instruction in the use of the dictionary as an aid to both oral and written language.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Dictionaries, English Instruction, Language Usage
Versluis, Edward B. – 1994
Three arguments lead to the conclusion that the English of business is the business of English. First, reluctance to fully appreciate the English of Business stems in part from a serious misunderstanding about the development of written language in the Western tradition. While studying folktales and the origins of myths has made an awareness of…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Business English, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Peer reviewedKottman, Karl – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1999
Highlights the history of Californian (Luiseno), the native language of Baja California, including how the language was recorded by a young Mexican student at the Vatican's missionary school, the Collegium Urbanum in Rome. Discusses the political impact of the grammatical recording and subsequent translation of the language during the mid-19th…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Languages, Foreign Countries
Takada, Makoto – 1985
Japan experienced a period of great social change in the middle of the nineteenth century, ending a long period of national isolation. This was the period of the Meiji Restoration. During the modernization and westernization that followed, the government made great advances in modernizing the Japanese language. This process had two phases: (1)…
Descriptors: Asian History, Diachronic Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education, Japanese
Meriam, J. L. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
The educational welfare of children of native and minority groups in continental United States and its outlying parts involves instructional procedures which in recent years are becoming more and more recognized as constituting specialized problems in education. Bilingualism is generally recognized as offering serious instructional difficulties…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Bilingualism, Mexican Americans, English (Second Language)
