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A Diachronic Approach To The Confusion Of B With V In Spanish, Eva Núñez-Méndez
A Diachronic Approach To The Confusion Of B With V In Spanish, Eva Núñez-Méndez
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
This volume presents specific topics in diachronic Hispanic linguistics. These topics include: lexical survivals in Ibero-Romance, Arabisms, lexical variation in early modern Spain, the origins of the confusion of b with v, Andalusian Spanish in the Americas, the expansion of seseo and yeísmo, processes of koineization, syntactic change in scribal documentation from the Middle Ages, and the semantic changes of the verbs ser, estar and haber. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the Spanish lexicon, phonetics, morphosyntax, dialectology and semantics with the input of ten prominent scholars.
It focuses not only on relevant issues in the evolution of Spanish but …
Cultures-Of-Use And Morphologies Of Communicative Action, Steven L. Thorne
Cultures-Of-Use And Morphologies Of Communicative Action, Steven L. Thorne
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this article I revisit the cultures-of-use conceptual framework-that technologies, as forms and processes comprising human culture, mediate and assume variable meanings, values, and conventionalized functions for different communities (Thorne, 2003). I trace the antecedent arc of investigation and serendipitous encounters that led to the 2003 publication and conclude by proposing that digital environments and the human experience of activity form unified ecologies with agency distributed through the system.
Barriers To Accessing Services By People With Disabilities In Nigeria: Insights From A Qualitative Study, C. Jonah Eleweke, Jannine Ebenso
Barriers To Accessing Services By People With Disabilities In Nigeria: Insights From A Qualitative Study, C. Jonah Eleweke, Jannine Ebenso
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
This article examines the experiences of people with disabilities in Nigeria and specifically the barriers they encounter in accessing various services in the country based on the framework of the social model of disability. Qualitative methods were utilized in the data collection and interpretation. The results indicated that people with disabilities in the country encounter a plethora of barriers in accessing various important services. These obstacles to accessing essential services deprive people with disabilities the opportunity to acquire services that would enhance the development of their potential and leading productive and contributing lives. These barriers to accessing services and the …
Encyclopedia Of Hispanic Linguistics, Eva Núñez-Méndez
Encyclopedia Of Hispanic Linguistics, Eva Núñez-Méndez
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Challenges Of Empowering People With Disabilities In Nigeria For National Development, C. Jonah Eleweke, Gabriel Soje
Challenges Of Empowering People With Disabilities In Nigeria For National Development, C. Jonah Eleweke, Gabriel Soje
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper reviews issues affecting the empowerment of people with disabilities in Nigeria so they can be productive and contribute to the development of the nation. The questions of concern are: What is known about the extent people with disabilities are empowered to contribute to national development in Nigeria? What challenges do people with disabilities in Nigeria encounter in their attempt to contribute to national development? What are the implications of these challenges regarding strategies that could enhance the empowerment of people with disabilities to facilitate their contribution to national development?