scholarly journals Lexical Borrowing in the Light of Digital Resources: Nyet as a Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirosława Podhajecka
Keyword(s):  
Oxford English Dictionary ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
Lexical Borrowing ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Foreign Word ◽  
Recorded Instance

Abstract The mere appearance of a foreign word does not necessarily mark the birth of a loanword, which requires documented usage by the speech community. Relatively little research has been dedicated so far to the “prenatal” stage that would investigate the tentative infiltration of foreign-derived words. Nyet, a borrowing from Russian, is taken as a case in point. Although its first recorded instance in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED3) is dated to 1928, it had been increasingly recognized in English for several decades. This article focuses on textual attestations for nyet discovered in a range of digital resources, including British and American newspaper archives, and discusses their usefulness as potential antedatings for OED3’s entry.

Assessing an academic library performance before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study in UAE

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdoulaye Kaba
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
Significant Difference

PurposeThe purpose of this case study is to assess and compare the performance of an academic library, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on data collected from the library management system, usage reports of online databases, and monthly reports and archives to evaluate and assess library performance in managerial activities, collection development, collection treatment, collection circulation, usage of digital resources, quality control, reference services and information literacy activities. Frequency distributions and non-parametric tests were used in identifying differences and testing hypotheses.FindingsThe study found that library performance before the COVID-19 pandemic outperformed library performance during the pandemic in collection development, collection treatment, collection circulation, access and use of digital resources, quality control and information literacy. On the other hand, the library demonstrated higher performance in managerial activities and reference services during the COVID-19 pandemic than that of before the pandemic period. Interestingly, the analysis of the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test revealed statistically no significant difference in the library performance before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results supported all the eight hypotheses stated in this study.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a case study based on data collected from an academic library in the UAE before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings may not be generalized and may differ if more data are analyzed from many academic libraries.Practical implicationsCOVID-19 pandemic is a turning point for library managers to increase the number of digital resources and services, to ensure that library staff are equipped with essential and up-to-date information and communication technology (ICT) skills and knowledge, to ensure that library users are equipped with essential and up-to-date information literacy skills and knowledge. These will enable them to satisfy users' information needs and ensure library operation in disasters and crisis periods.Originality/valueThis is one of the few studies conducted in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to evaluate library performance before and during COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of the study could be an important reference in understanding how libraries responded to COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East. The results of the study may contribute to the provision of digital resources and services during the pandemic and disasters in the UAE and the Arab world.

Learning Objects in Hybrid Teaching Potential and Challenges for Their Use in the Context of Brazilian Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 282-309
Author(s):  
Daiana Garibaldi da Rocha ◽  
Adriana Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Production Method ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Hybrid Teaching

In the context of distance education, one aspect materialized by educational technology is through the use of learning objects (LO). These elements can be defined as educational digital resources that favor students' interaction with many languages and different media. This chapter aims to present two scenarios. The first one involves a case study about the production of didactic content. This study will focus on teaching and will consist of showing the rationale behind the content production method used by the company and the methodology used in the construction of learning objects in the context of a learning unit. The second scenario will consist of students' views by means of a survey conducted with more than 4 thousand students from higher education institutions (HEIs) from different regions of Brazil who consume the content and make use of the learning objects. The reflections point to the pedagogical potential of learning objects but also to concerns in view of great challenges posed by hybrid teaching within the Brazilian scenario.

scholarly journals A Historical Pragmatic Study of Apologies: A Case Study of the Essex Pauper Letters (1731–1837)

MANUSYA ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-99
Author(s):  
Krisda Chaemsaithong
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pragmatic Study

In this paper, the realizations of apologies as evidenced in the Essex pauper letters of 19th century England are explored. The paper takes a critical look at the forms and functions of apologies, arguing that apologies in such texts are conventionalized in form. Taking into consideration the social norms of writing specific to this speech community, the study makes a distinction between two main functions of apologies and argues that apologies under scrutiny are not a politeness device that repairs and redresses an offence; rather, they exemplify a politic behavior that helps in the negotiation of interpersonal relationships and the attainment of the writers’ discursive goal.

scholarly journals LANGUAGE VARIATION BACKGROUND IN SOCIAL CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY UTTERANCES IN CENTRAL JAVA-WEST JAVA, MAJENANG

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Lutfiatun Latifah ◽  
Kundharu Saddhono ◽  
Nugraheni Eko Wardhani
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Language Variation ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Social Market

Variations may occur in the speech community that has two or more languages. Variations of these languages is the diversity of language and reflect the cultural diversity in the area Majenang. Of course, the diversity of language variation contained in Majenang background underlying the occurrence of a Varied language. Variations in language that will be displayed in this study is the language variation that occurs in the realm of social market, a market in which there Majenang. The purpose of this study is to describe the background of the realm of language variation terjadiya social Majenang said. This study is a qualitative approach to social and use the case study method. Collecting data in this study is observation, interview, tapping techniques, and study the documents. The validity of the data used in this study using triangulation 3, the triangulation of sources, methods, and theory.Keywords: Background, Language Variation, Social Sphere, Majenang LATAR BELAKANG VARIASI BAHASA RANAH SOSIAL MASYARAKAT TUTUR PERBATASAN JAWA TENGAH-JAWA BARAT DI MAJENANGAbstrakVariasi bahasa dapat terjadi pada masyarakat tutur yang memiliki dua bahasa atau lebih. Variasi bahasa tersebut merupakan keberagaman bahasa dan mencerminkan keberagaman budaya di daerah Majenang. Tentunya keberagaman variasi bahasa yang terdapat di Majenang mempunyai latar belakang yang melandasi terjadinya suatu variaasi bahasa. Variasi bahasa yang akan dipaparkaan dalam penelitian ini merupakan variasi bahasa yang terjadi dalam ranah sosial yakni pasar, pasar yang terdapat di Majenang. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan latar belakang dari terjadiya variasi bahasa ranah sosial masyarakat tutur Majenang. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan sosiolinguistik dan mengggunakan metode studi kasus. Teknik pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini adalah teknik observasi, wawancara, teknik sadap, dan studi dokumen. Validitas data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan 3 triangulasi, yakni triangulasi sumber, metode, dan teori.Kata Kunci : Latar Belakang, Variasi Bahasa, Ranah Sosial, Majenang

scholarly journals Language Choice by Bilingual Speech Community of Acehnese in Family Domain in Medan: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Nuzwaty ◽  
Muhammad Ali Pawiro ◽  
Liesna Andriany ◽  
Risnawaty
Keyword(s):  
Language Choice ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Role Relationship ◽  
Big City ◽  
Presentation Formats ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Speech Situation

This study is a case study that covers the presentation formats for language choice on the speech community of Acehnese based upon family domains in bilingual Indonesian speech behavior. The sources of variance are between Aceh and Indonesian languages in Medan. The parameters that are being used first through language choice between Indonesian, Indonesian/Acehnese, and Acehnese relating to the role relationship between husband to wife; father, mother and their sons and daughters. The second one is related to speech situation such as arguing, advising, chatting, and persuading. The method approach is quantitative descriptive and was employed by the samples of 200 persons. The result shows that the average persentage of the language choice in every single speech situation among the husbands to the wives was 86% and the wives to the husbands was 82% dominantly Acehnese. The average percentage of the language choice among sons and daughters to their parents or vice versa was 76 % constantly mixing language; Acehnese/Indonesian in all of speech situations. The result of this study showed that mostly the husbands and the wives maintain their tribe language well. The result found that most of the children of Acehnese never totally leave their tribe language, even they live in Medan as a big city.

scholarly journals Mapping Playgrids for Learning Across Space, Time, and Scale

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ty Hollett ◽  
Jeremiah (Remi) Kalir
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Media Practices

In this article, we analyze the production of learner-generated playgrids. Playgrids are produced when learners knit together social media tools to participate across settings and scales, accomplish their goals, pursue interests, and make their learning more enjoyable and personally meaningful. Through case study methodology we examine how two platforms - Slack and Hypothesis - enabled learners to curate and participate among their own digital resources and pathways for learning. We contend that both theoretical and pedagogical development is necessary to support adult learners as they curate tools and pathways based upon their contingent needs and goals, and that the concept of playgrids does so by usefully connecting less formal social media practice with more formal professional learning across various settings and scales. In the end, we demonstrate the importance of honoring learners' desire to connect their completion of formal course activities with their less formal social media practices; both sets of practices need not be in conflict and may be complementary.

scholarly journals HathiTrust and Local Digital Stewardship: A Case Study in How Massive Digital Libraries Affect Local Digital Resources Decisions

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Heidi M. Winkler ◽  
Joy M. Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Digital Curation ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
History Of ◽  
Digital Stewardship

This article reviews the influence that massive digital libraries like the HathiTrust Digital Library can have on local, smaller institutions’ digitization, preservation, and curation programs. The history of HathiTrust’s digital preservation efforts as a Trusted Repository is reviewed. A case study is presented showing how one academic library made difficult digital stewardship decisions in a modern world of globally federated preservation initiatives. The authors introduce the concept of deselection as part of the digital curation process and discuss how digital collection administrators can refine their local digital preservation efforts to better reflect the realities of constrained human and financial resources.

Language Endangerment and the Need for Technology for Language Empowerment: Case Study of the Brahui language in Balochistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Kinza Alizai
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Speech Community ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Language Endangerment ◽  
Speech Communities ◽  
Language Survival

Diaspora and indigenous speech communities are under the threat of extinction in Balochistan. Local inhabitants with a lower economic and commercial value symbolize cultural and ethnic genocide in western Pakistan. In my study, I investigate the scope of technology for the documentation and maintenance of the Brahui language in the province of Balochistan. Also, I discuss how language policy and the digital divide are creating unfamiliar pedagogical, socio-cultural and linguistic practices, along with putting minority speech communities in danger of losing their identity and bringing about linguistic extinction. Drawing on the work of critical theorists, perceptions of indigenous Brahui community are recorded to understand the influence of digital technology for language survival. The study identifies that digital divide and flawed educational policies in Balochistan are potent instruments of Brahui endangerment. I call for inclusive and unbiased language policies and uniform access to technology for linguistic empowerment of the Brahui speech community in Balochistan.

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