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“Le Goût De Travail:” Work Value For Bamiléké Children, Diana Carlson
“Le Goût De Travail:” Work Value For Bamiléké Children, Diana Carlson
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This research examines the value of work in the Bamiléké context, and explores the psychosocial and cultural factors that influence the transmission of this value to children. Research questions explored included the perception of children within the Bamiléké family, the values that exist within the family and specifically the value of work within these families, how this value is transmitted to children, whether children are motivated to learn the value of work, and the impact of work on the personality development of a child. Data was collected through questionnaires, interview, and observation. 121 questionnaires were collected, and 9 interviews completed. …
Endangered ? Yambetta In Its Speech Community, Carolyn Benbow
Endangered ? Yambetta In Its Speech Community, Carolyn Benbow
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This project is a study on the village of Yambetta and its efforts to keep its local language of Yambette. It looks into the organisation YALICO and the role of the local language within Yambetta’s speech community. Through observation and interviews, this study found that Yambetta is a living language not in immediate danger of dying out, and that the efforts of the Summer Institute of Linguistics through the local linguistic committee in Yambetta village is improving the chances that Yambetta will continue to be a living language. This was important because around half of the world’s languages are estimated …