The social identity of Welsh learners

1986 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol S. Trosset
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Welsh Language ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Linguistic Groups

ABSTRACTThe process of the attempted acquisition of spoken Welsh by English speakers in Wales is examined ethnographically in relation to the native association of Welsh-language speech with a Welsh cultural identity. Perceptions of Welsh learners by members of other linguistic groups reveal the symbolic significance of the learning of a minority language. The status of learners as verbal performers is investigated, together with the psychological impact of that status and of the ambiguity of the learners' identity on the learning process. (Bilingualism, language learning, Wales/Welsh)

scholarly journals Evolution of Cultural Identity Terms in Lay and Academic Sources: Implications for Research and Public Policy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxanne Moadel-Attie ◽  
Sheri R. Levy ◽  
Bonita London ◽  
Rami Al-Rfou
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Computational Techniques ◽  
Psychosocial Experiences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Google Books ◽  
Over Time

Increasingly, individuals identify as bicultural and multicultural, yet are sometimes externally misclassified, contributing to experiences of invisibility within U.S. society. Using computational techniques, we examined the transmission of cultural identity terms through time, providing some evidence for the changing representation of social identity. We examined the usage patterns of cultural identity terms with the prefixes (mono-, bi-, multi-), modifying the social identity terms: culture, ethnicity, and race (e.g., comparing monocultural, monoethnic and monoracial). For bicultural and multicultural terms, those with -racial suffixes were the earliest used terms, while those with -cultural and -ethnic suffixes gained more popularity recently. We examined the evolution of the higher frequency social identity terms in lay sources (NY Times, Reddit), and found that interracial and multicultural were the most popular over time, peaking recently. We examined the potential time lag in the sequence of identity terms amongst academic (PsycINFO, NIH and NSF Databases), lay (NY Times) and mixed sources (Google Books N-Grams), supporting our hypothesis that newer terms (e.g., multicultural) are first used and gain prevalence in lay sources, then mixed sources, and eventually academic sources. The implications of these findings for research, public policy and psychosocial experiences of individuals are discussed.

Romans and Foreigners

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelos Chrysos
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Proper Definition ◽  
Cultural Reality

It seems that a serious approach to the status of foreigners and the Byzantines'attitude towards them should now begin with a proper definition drawn from other disciplines, such as sociology and social anthropology. this chapter tries to estimate the political and legal dimensions of Romanness (Romanitas) in the meaning of citizenship vs. the status of the non-Roman in his relationship towards the empire. But since Romanitas is not only a political and legal but in particular a social and cultural reality, and since the levels are not always clearly distinguished, the discussion also refers to what form is the social and cultural identity of Roman vs. foreigner.

Hegemonic and Polemical Beliefs: Culture and Consumption in the Social Representation of Wine

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégory Lo Monaco ◽  
Christian Guimelli
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Wine Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Consumption Practices ◽  
Social Debate

Wine, in France, is a cultural product. However, the issue of wine consumption has been at the centre of a recurring social debate. We decided to focus our study on the effect of consumption practices on this social representation as well as the variations in position-taking in very different normative contexts. Results revealed two distinct social representations according to consumption practice. Moreover, Guttman effect in principal component analysis uncovered a unique phenomenon which showed that participants (consumer vs. non consumer) were inclined to act differently only in the case of polemical issues when they perceived the investigator as a consumer vs. non consumer. Indeed, in the case of hegemonic beliefs they were inclined to act in the same way and their answers were not influenced by the status of the investigator. Results are discussed around the question of the links between social representations and social identity.

scholarly journals “The Girl Who Cried Rape”: An Assessment of Rape Myths in the Moroccan Sociocultural Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 08-18
Author(s):  
Lina Aissa
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Rape Myths ◽  
Sociocultural Context ◽  
Cultural Stereotypes ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation

Empirical studies have unequivocally and consistently shown that rape myths are integral to the aetiology of sexual coercion and aggression. The present article reviews the literature on rape myth acceptance as an important risk factor in the sexual victimization of women and a precursor for a hostile social attitude towards victims of rape. Through the examination of the verbal reactions of the Moroccan public to the case of rape and torture of Khadija “the tattoo girl” (fata:t lwaʃm) on YouTube, it attempts to assess and debunk specific examples of rape myths present in the Moroccan sociocultural context. Discussion focuses on the social perception of female victims of sexual violence and the measurement and evaluation of its physical and psychological impact on them. Victims' emotional responses and psychic trauma constitute an important part of this discussion. Findings suggest the existence of immanently cultural rape myths, such as “the myth of the willing victim”, “it is impossible to rape a resisting woman”, and “women are prone to make false allegations”, along with deleterious victim-blaming cultural stereotypes, such as “she was asking for it”. Another noteworthy finding this paper presents is the social requirement of conspicuous "psychological/emotional harm" to legitimize the status of the victim.

The Analysis of Social Deixis in A Night in Khanzadʼs Life

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-56
Author(s):  
Diman Ezzadin Khidhir ◽  
Suhayla Hameed Majeed
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Social Relation ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Social Deixis

 Abstract        Pragmatics is branch of linguistics that studies language in context, therefore, there should be a relation between language and context that surrounds the utterance. One of the manifestations of this relation is social deixis. Social deixis is the linguistic expressions that show the status of the speaker, the addressee, or a third person or entity referred to, as well as the social relationships holding between them. Social deixis deals with forms of address and the way are used by the communicators.      This study aims to identify and analyse social deictic expressions in the play "A Night in Khanzad's Life" written by Hama Kareem Hawrami. This study helps the reader to understand the theme of the play more clearly through the use of social deictic expressions. It is concerned with both types of social deixis and how each type is related to the social identity, relative power and social relation between the characters.This study uses descriptive and qualitative method, because it identifies and analyzes both types of social deixis (relational and absolute) in the texts found in this play. The study is based on Levinson's theory on deixis (1983). The texts are taken from the play "A Night in Khanzad's Life".The steps to analyze the play are reading the play, finding the types of social deixis, analyzing and classifying the types. The dominant type that is used by the writer in this play is relational social deixis.

scholarly journals Teachers’ beliefs in multilingual education in the Basque country and in Friesland

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabet Arocena Egaña ◽  
Jasone Cenoz ◽  
Durk Gorter
Keyword(s):  
Native Speaker ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Multilingual Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media

In this article we analyze teachers’ beliefs about learning different languages in multilingual education, which include forms of immersion in the minority and the majority languages. In this study interviews were held with 51 primary school teachers from the Basque Country (Spain), and Friesland (The Netherlands). In both regions three languages are taught: majority, minority and English. Based on the teachers’ views we obtain interesting insights into the native speaker ideal, pupils as multilingual speakers, and the proficiency levels for each language. The teachers also expressed their ideas on teaching through the minority language and through English, as well as their beliefs on cross-linguistic use of languages and how that is related to the multilingual repertoire. The social context is believed to have an important influence through the parents, the media, and the status of the languages in society. The article concludes that beliefs are still largely monolingual and seem to only gradually change to more multilingual views.

scholarly journals The Status of Translators and Interpreters in Korea

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jungwha Choi ◽  
Hyang-Ok Lim
Keyword(s):  
English Speakers ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
International Standing ◽  
Class Status ◽  
Social Importance ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Low Pay

Abstract The status of interpreters and translators depends on the society in which they belong. Such factors as whether the society is multilingual, monolingual as well as its international standing all impact their status and consequently financial compensation. A brief overview of the history of the status of Korean interpreters reveals that, in the past, they enjoyed middle class status and, at times, even great wealth. The social importance of translators, on the other hand, was negligible—a situation which was aggravated by the fact that readers were not very demanding. During the modern era, and especially with increased foreign trade in the 1980’s, however, such tolerance was no longer the norm. There is still great interest among the general public in interpretation, especially since speaking English fluently is considered an asset in any profession in Korea. Conference interpreters, as such, are considered to be “master” English speakers. While they are envied their fluent mastery of foreign languages, interpretation, as such, is not considered a profession in which one should devote one’s life. In the case of translation, though there are many translators, they are held in even lower esteem than interpreters because of the relatively low pay.

scholarly journals Norwegian policy on sami language learning and preservation

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-194
Author(s):  
Olga Shchukina ◽  
Maksim Zadorin ◽  
Ivan Savelev ◽  
Irina Ershova ◽  
Tatiana Konopleva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Current Status ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
International Conventions ◽  
Inequality Of Educational Opportunities

AbstractThe article discusses the government policy of Norway, one of the countries that has significantly succeeded in solving ethnocultural problem. It introduces the main stages of the Norwegian government policy towards the Sami people. Special atten­tion is given to the problem of preserving the cultural identity of the Sami and the status of the Sami language in Norwegian society. The article presents the problem of learning and preserving the Sami language through the analysis of Norwegian official state legislation which constitutes the methodological basis of the article. It also considers a number of local and international conventions and acts that are designed to protect Sami rights, as well as the effects these conventions and acts have on the status and situation of the Sami language in Norway. The current status of the Sami language and educational perspectives are considered in a comparative and historical framework. The results presented in the article are intended to raise awareness of cultural identity and inequality of educational opportunities based on ethnic minority background.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Indonesian Language Learning with the Environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatik Sri Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
First Language ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Indonesian language learning can be related to the environment, the environment becomes one of the components that influence the learning process. This can be related to language. Language is a communication tool that humans can acquire from birth. Suardi (et al, 2019) said that the mastery of a language by a child begins with the acquisition of the first language which is often called the mother tongue. Dardjowidjojo (in Suardi et al, 2019) says that language acquisition is a language acquisition process that is carried out by children naturally when they learn their mother tongue. The acquisition of the first language is closely related to the social development of children and the formation of social identity. In line with that, Yogatama (in Suardi et al, 2019) says that learning the first language is one of the overall developments of children to become members of asociety.

scholarly journals REASSESSING THE ZIMBABWEAN CHIPENDANI

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-66
Author(s):  
Jennifer Kyker
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
The Social ◽  
Child's Play ◽  
The Status

The Shona chipendani (pl. zvipendani) is among dozens of musical bows found throughout southern Africa. An understanding of where the chipendani fits into the larger space of Zimbabwe’s musical and social life is markedly thin. Other than Brenner’s observation that the chipendani may occasionally be played by adult men while socializing over beer, descriptions of the chipendani seldom go further than remarking on theinstrument’s associations with cattle herding, and reducing it to the status of child’s play. In this article, I argue that conceptions of the musical and social identity of the chipendani must be expanded beyond its conventional portrayal as a herdboy instrument, since other groups of people have been actively involved in performing the instrument. I further maintain that the social role of the chipendani extends beyond providing accompaniment for a singular activity—that of cattle herding—into other contexts. By challenging Tracey’s conception of solo bow playing as “self-delectative,” my account of chipendani music opens up space for new readings of other musical bows throughout southern Africa.

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