Log In You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title. Learn about membership options , or view our freely available titles. Skip to main content. View larger image. Synopsis Language Diversity and Academic Writing encourages students to understand the diversity within their own and others' language and apply that knowledge to their academic writing.
Exploring the tension between language policies and linguistic realities in Singapore, these contributions capture the shifting educational, political, and societal priorities over time. Her research interests lie in the areas of language policy and planning, and language and identity. In her work, she has examined the role of language education policy in the maintenance and promotion of minority and heritage languages, and the implications this has for language maintenance and shift.
She is currently exploring the interplay of language and identity among the Indian language communities of Singapore. Variation in Raga. A quantitative and qualitative study of the language of North Pentecost, Vanuatu. If we are to understand global linguistic diversity, we must first understand the mechanisms which engender and maintain it.
This is what the Wellsprings of Linguistic Diversity project Australian National University, aims to examine by studying variation in small communities of the Australasia-Pacific region. Within the framework of the Wellsprings project, this thesis investigates the existence and spread of linguistic variation in the speech community of Raga, on the island of Pentecost, in linguistically diverse Vanuatu.
It is primarily a field study, firmly grounded in the survey of social and linguistic data collected in in north Pentecost, from 58 men and women representing three generations of speakers. This thesis examines variables in three different linguistic domains: use of possessive classifiers morpho-syntactic ; frequency of borrowing from Bislama and nativisation strategies lexical ; and deletion of the phonemic velar fricative phonological.
Quantitative analysis has confirmed intergenerational and intergender variation for the lexical and phonological variables. In a corpus demonstrating an overall low rate of borrowing 1. Young men are more prone to deleting the velar fricative, perhaps modelling their speech on consonant-dropping prestigious older men. Raga presents no regional diversity and little innovation from the reconstructed proto forms. These features set the language apart within the Vanuatu high-diversity context, and this study also investigates the mechanisms of uniformisation that inhibit the spread of innovative variants in this community of 6, speakers.
Several factors combine to favour the linguistic conservatism exhibited by Raga. Endogamous marriage practices, maintenance of strong ties with relatives over long distances and generations, reliance on customary mutual obligations, high socio-historical status of the Raga society, and practice of a single religion all impact on the homogeneity of avoana ata raga 'the language of Raga'.
With the notable exception of Meyerhoff's studies of Nkep Meyerhoff , , a, b , there has been little attempt at probing linguistic variability in the recorded natural speech of diverse speakers of a language of Vanuatu. This thesis adds to the body of research that addresses this gap. The thesis also highlights the value of investigating languages in their social context, and in close collaboration with native speakers.
This bottom-up approach is essential in identifying and untangling the factors at play in the complex history of Vanuatu's linguistic diversity. Urban Multilingualism in Europe. Against this background, this volume deals with the interface between Against this background, this volume deals with the interface between language policy, language planning and actual practices. The impact that prevailing language policies have on language practices is observed in a series of urban settings, leading to a reflection on the changes that need to be brought about to promote social inclusion and valorise linguistic diversity in a context of globalisation-affected and migration-related multilingualism.
The topics of discussion draw on different theoretical perspectives and span the research fields of linguistics, education, family language policy and planning, language acquisition and sociology. Biological and linguistic diversity. This chapter presents the preliminary results of an exercise in reading certain contributions to the study of biological diversity from a 'linguistic' viewpoint. Though a firm believer in transdisciplinariety and the mutual nurturing of Though a firm believer in transdisciplinariety and the mutual nurturing of knowledge I am nonetheless aware that an uncritical transfer of ideas and concepts from one field to another is unacceptable.
We must explore the immense potential of the concept of interdisciplinariety but without falling into a blind mimetism which, instead of helping us to describe and understand more accurately the phenomena that interest us, could lead to the construction of theoretical scenarios which have their own internal logic but are not entirely suited to the ontology of the facts we are examining.
If biological objects are controlled fundamentally by genetic chance and the biosphere, linguistic objects are also controlled by the sociocultural experiences of their speakers; this fact differentiates clearly between the reproductive aspects of the two. In their struggle to survive through history organisms are affected by their natural environments, while linguistic systems are additionally affected by the socioeconomic and politicocultural conditions of individuals, who are able to decide personally on the language to be transmitted to their successors.
Similarly, given the greater flexibility of cultural reproduction, language change will be faster than genetic change. Since linguistic varieties are the products of human social mechanisms, they may be constricted to the decisions —conscious or unconscious— of humans, in the framework of their personal autonomy, whereas non-human biological species will be in general much more subject to instinctive programming.
The reproduction of biological diversity is a matter in which the protagonists —the species — have little say, controlled as they are by contextual conditions. But in the reproduction and preservation of linguistic diversity the main actors are human beings themselves, humans endowed with awareness and emotions who, confronted with change in their sociocultural context, have to take decisions which will ultimately affect the continuity or demise of the linguistic diversity that has built up over human history.
The existence of important differences between natural and cultural objects does not necessarily mean that we cannot find interfaces of connection between the two theoretical fields or useful conceptual suggestions or adaptations for a fuller understanding of the nature of the level of language and communication.
Indonesia is immensely proud of its hundreds of regional languages. This amazing diversity occurs because of the social impact in the three global eras: ancient migration from Asian continent, trading intensification and colonial This amazing diversity occurs because of the social impact in the three global eras: ancient migration from Asian continent, trading intensification and colonial oppression five hundred years ago, and demographical and communication change in the 21st century.
However, now we are witnessing the number decrease of the languages in Indonesia. The resistance and preservation of the inherited languages, which are local languages, in the Indonesian archipelago Nusantara language network that is indeed complex must be considered as important components in the Indonesia's national identity. Along with the accelerated loss of the inherited languages, we are also dealing with the ecological crisis happening in Indonesia.
The readers are flexibly arranged in thematic chapters, each focusing in depth on a different facet of the central topic. Bedford care and quality in every volume. Each volume in the Bedford Spotlight series is developed with attention to design, pedagogy, and compelling readings that work in the classroom. Affordable, and an ideal package option. Each Spotlight Reader offers plenty of material for a composition course while keeping the price low.
Martin's rhetoric or handbook for a significant discount. Multiple perspectives on the role of language diversity in academic discussion. In order to foster student engagement, five chapters, built around central questions on the complexity of language as it applies to academic writing, offer numerous entry points for inquiry and discussion. A mix of genres as well as accessible and challenging selections allows instructors to tailor their approach to each classroom.
For instance:. Susan Tamasi and Lamont Antieau , in "Social Variables," discuss several social factors that affect language, including gender, age, and sexual orientation. Thoughtful support for writers and instructors. A general introduction, chapter introductions, and headnotes provide context, and prompts and assignments offer suggestions for discussion, informal writing, research; ways to connect selections; and assignments for writing.
A website for the series offers support for teaching the themes in each volume. An appendix, "Sentence Guides for Academic Writers. This practical module helps students develop an academic writing voice by giving them sentence guides, or templates, to follow in a variety of composing situations. Do assignments, take quizzes, prepare for exams and more, to help you achieve success in class. Read online or offline with all the highlighting and notetaking tools you need to be successful in this course.
Learn About E-book. Cheryl J. Boucher, Georgina S. Hammock, Selina D. McLaughlin, and Kelsey N. Henry, Perceptions of Competency as a Function of Accent. Susan E. Anne E. In addition to her language-themed first-year writing course, she regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate English courses on theories of rhetoric and writing. Her research--published most recently in Teaching English in the Two-Year College and in Bruce Horner, Brice Nordquist, and Susan Ryan's collection Economies of Writing: Revaluations in Rhetoric and Composition--explores the role of linguistic diversity in first-year writing pedagogy.
She earned a B. Language Diversity and Academic Writing.
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