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El Pueblo Guaymí Y Su Futuro, Milton R.A. Machuca-Gálvez, Daniel Holness Carrasco Sr. Jan 1982

El Pueblo Guaymí Y Su Futuro, Milton R.A. Machuca-Gálvez, Daniel Holness Carrasco Sr.

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Esta publicación contiene las ponencias y documentos que se presentaron en el FORO SOBRE EL PUEBLO GUAYMÍ SU FUTURO, celebrado en la ciudad de Panamá del 23 al 27 de marzo de 1981. El material está dividido en cinco secciones: una introducción seguida de 1. La historia de los guaymíes; 2. Situación actual del pueblo guaymí; 3 Las luchas guaymíes; 4. Los grandes proyectos de desarrollo: ¿bendición o maldición?; y, 5. "Se hace el camino al andar": pasos en la lucha. Las secciones “guardan una estrecha relación temática con un eje central que aparece a lo largo de la publicación: …


A Sociolinguistic Study Of Language Usage In The Territory Of Guam, George Alfred Riley Jul 1974

A Sociolinguistic Study Of Language Usage In The Territory Of Guam, George Alfred Riley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This is the report of a study of the language usage of residents of the Territory of Guam who are bilingual in Chamorro and English. It concerns the configuration of language dominance that is characteristic of this group, assessing the degree of bilingualism and the distribution of bilingualism in formal and informal societal domains. The relationship among ethnocentrism, language loyalty, and actual language usage is explored. The study also describes the attitudes of members of the speech community to language maintenance and shift in general, and towards the appropriateness of the two languages in various situations and domains.


The Efficiency Of Bilingual Children In Understanding Analogies In The English Language, Veta Walker Mercer May 1960

The Efficiency Of Bilingual Children In Understanding Analogies In The English Language, Veta Walker Mercer

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

It is felt that the bilingual population in the southwest is of significantly large enough proportions to warrant specialized emphasis on its education problems. These children need to become better comprehensive readers, not merely word-callers. Teachers frequently assume that if their pupils recognize the words of selection, comprehension is assured. Unfortunately, this is not true in many instances. There are many aspects of English language which might cause bilingual children some difficulty. A few of these might be the analogy, synonym, homonym, multiple meaning, antonym, and the idiomatic expression. This study is designed to reveal the extent which bilingual children …


The Phonology Of Amoy Chinese, Howard S. Maclay May 1953

The Phonology Of Amoy Chinese, Howard S. Maclay

Anthropology ETDs

The language described here is one of the major dialects of Chinese and is spoken in the Fukien province and on the island of Formosa. According to the informant the variety spoken around the of Amoy is regarded as the "purest."


Syntax Of Nouns In The Annales Ricardi Secundi, Mary Gardner Jun 1937

Syntax Of Nouns In The Annales Ricardi Secundi, Mary Gardner

Linguistics ETDs

This thesis is a study of the uses of the cases in the first part of the Annales Ricardi Secundi et Henrici Quarti Regum Angliae, which deals with Richard the Second only. The material is found in pp. 155-281 of the volume entitled Chronica Monasterii de Blaneford, Monachorukm S. Albani: Necnon Quorundam Anonymorum, Chronica at Anales, Regnantibus Henrico Tertio; Edwardo Primo, Edwardo Secundo, Ricardo Secundo, et Henrico Quarto, A.D. 1259-1296; 1307-1324; 1392-1406, edited by Henry Thomas Riley, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; and of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, published by the authority of the Lords Commisioners of her Majesty's …