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Person, Place, And Pronoun: An Examination Of The Idiosyncratic Pronoun Use And Language Ideologies In Dabhung Thanti, Nepal, Martha Schwarz
Person, Place, And Pronoun: An Examination Of The Idiosyncratic Pronoun Use And Language Ideologies In Dabhung Thanti, Nepal, Martha Schwarz
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Language, the content and form of what people choose to say, has the ability to both describe facts about the world and change aspects of the world. Thus, what people utter is a critical instrument for measuring current social situations as well as social change. The honorific hierarchy of Nepali’s pronouns provides one particularly interesting tool for such measurement. This research examines the use and ideologies about second person pronouns in the village of Dabhung Thanti, Nepal in relation to their prescribed uses and ideologies in Kathmandu. Ultimately, this paper identifies the presence of two styles of Nepali spoken in …
Serbian/Albanian Bilingualism In Kosova: Reversal Or Entrenchment Of The Curse Of Babel?, Sarah Littisha Jansen
Serbian/Albanian Bilingualism In Kosova: Reversal Or Entrenchment Of The Curse Of Babel?, Sarah Littisha Jansen
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Dynamics of power between multiple languages in one space are indicative of and inform the relationship between the speakers of those languages. In post-conflict Kosova, two ethno-linguistic groups, Kosovar Serbians and Kosovar Albanians, live in a context where language has become politicized and long-standing linguistic, political, and social hierarchies of power have been radically disturbed. This paper describes the myriad of images of the Serbian language in the country, focusing particularly on those that come from the Serbian/Albanian bilingual Kosovar Albanian community. It then discusses how these inform language as a political tool and what the consequences of this are …
El Ícaro Cambiante: Lenguaje Y Curación En Santa Rosa De Huacaria, Alison Sever
El Ícaro Cambiante: Lenguaje Y Curación En Santa Rosa De Huacaria, Alison Sever
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En el ensayo de UNESCO, Vitalidad y peligro de desaparición de las lenguas, se destaca la importancia de la diversidad lingüística mundial. Cada idioma[1] tiene valor por su expresión única de lo que es la experiencia humana. UNESCO ilustra el valor de la conservación de lenguas en peligro: "Cada lengua encarna la sabiduría cultural única de un pueblo. Por consiguiente, la pérdida de cualquier lengua es una pérdida para toda la humanidad.”[2] Un lenguaje se pierde cuando las nuevas generaciones ya no lo están aprendiendo, y este resultado puede ser puesto en marcha por fuerzas externas o …