Looking for Thistles in Stone Gardens: The Cemeteries of Nova Scotia’s Scottish Immigrants1

Death in the Diaspora ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474473781.003.0004 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 81-107

Author(s):

Laurie Stanley-Blackwell ◽

Michael Linkletter

Keyword(s):

Language Use ◽

New Meanings ◽

Visual Dimension ◽

Place Of Origin ◽

Christian Iconography ◽

Religious Differences

By focusing on the burial sites of northeastern Nova Scotia’s Scottish immigrants, this article demonstrates that their cemeteries were varied and complex places, which defy a uniform reading. An analysis of such metrics as Gaelic language use, stated place of origin (i.e., parish, county, Scotland or North Britain), prevalence of thistle images and Christian iconography gives a verbal and visual dimension to the discussion of whether death was a catalyst for conformist expression among Scottish immigrants and whether they opted for pictorial or linguistic signifiers of identity. In their cemeteries, Scottishness was negotiated, new meanings of belonging forged, status aspirations articulated, and religious differences spatially enforced. It is in their last resting places that one sees vividly displayed the forces of change and continuity, tradition and innovation, and retention and adjustment, which reshaped their lives and deaths as immigrants.

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Fertility differentials of Japanese agricultural settlers in eastern Boliveia

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932000012025 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 27-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hiroshi Kashiwazaki

Keyword(s):

Birth Cohort ◽

Immigrant Women ◽

Religious Affiliation ◽

Educational Status ◽

Agricultural System ◽

Fertility Variation ◽

Fertility Differentials ◽

Place Of Origin ◽

Nagasaki Prefecture ◽

Religious Differences

SummaryFertility variation in Japanese agricultural immigrant women in Bolivia is examined by birth cohort, educational status, religious affiliation, the agricultural system of their households, and prefectural origin in Japan. Only the place of origin in Japan makes a singnificant contribution to variations in fertiligy; higher fertility was found among the women from the Nagasaki prefecture. The results suggest that fertility differentials in this community represent the survival of different fertility norms from the area of origin, which are not due to educational and religious differences.

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Neoliberalism, linguistic commodification, and ethnolinguistic identity in multilingual Nepal

Language in Society ◽

10.1017/s0047404517000045 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 231-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Bal Krishna Sharma ◽

Prem Phyak

Keyword(s):

Identity Politics ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Language Use ◽

Economic Value ◽

Language Education ◽

Indigenous Languages ◽

Language Preservation ◽

Ethnolinguistic Identity ◽

New Meanings ◽

Global Language

ABSTRACTThis article examines the consequences of neoliberalism in two separate domains of multilingual language use in the context of Nepal: language education and tourism. We show that institutions and individuals have appropriated and reproduced this ideology with their creative tactics, agency, and practices that both help them promote and commodify their ethnolinguistic identity and language skills while also allowing them to acquire multilingual repertoires in global languages such as English, German, Chinese, Japanese, and the indigenous local language Newari. We show that English as a global language does not always accord more cultural capital and economic value, nor is the teaching and learning of local indigenous languages always confined to the ideologies of identity politics and language preservation. We argue that while the ideologies of English as a global language and of indigenous languages as tools for ethnolinguistic identity do not disappear from the scene, new forces of globalization and neoliberalism bestow new meanings to multilingual repertoires and practices. (Neoliberalism, multilingualism, commodification, ethnolinguistic identity, Nepal)*

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Environmental discourse (from the journalistic sphere) and its recontextualization in Brazilian textbooks to teach English

Revista Desenredo ◽

10.5335/rdes.v15i1.9017 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Amanda Poliane Silva ◽

Vera Lúcia Cristovão

Keyword(s):

Critical Literacy ◽

English Language ◽

Language Use ◽

Environmental Problems ◽

English Language Teaching ◽

Environmental Discourse ◽

Lingua Franca ◽

New Meanings ◽

Environmental Discourses ◽

Inner Circle

This article aims at investigating texts that approach environmental discourses in textbooks for English language teaching and their implications in education. The data are selected by means of i) gathering of texts in the book collections approved by PNLD 2015; ii) identification of the environmental perspective and its characteristics among the selected texts regarding genre, support, theme, and context of production. The results demonstrate that the rational perspective is predominant among the texts disseminated , the institutional type of support was the leading format and the majority of them came from inner circle sources. As for implications, we emphasize: i) the use of images may promote the opportunity for(critical) literacy fostering the construction of new meanings; ii) the predominant texts from the inner circle sphere distance the student from peripheral perspectives and the English language use as international or so called “língua franca”; iii) the focus on the rational perspective keeps technical or technological actions as the solution for environmental problems.

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Self-expression and linguistic variation

Language in Society ◽

10.1017/s0047404500020911 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 221-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Barbara Johnstone ◽

Judith Mattson Bean

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Language Use ◽

Linguistic Analysis ◽

Linguistic Variation ◽

Public Speech ◽

Linguistic Ideology ◽

Social Facts ◽

Place Of Origin ◽

Texas Women

ABSTRACTThis article argues that self-expression is a crucial though heretofore largely overlooked part of the explanation for linguistic variation. Self-expression mediates between linguistic choices and social facts such as gender, occupation, linguistic ideology, and place of origin, as speakers use language not only to express their identification with or rejection of social groupings, but also to express their individuality. All language use is thus essentially idiosyncratic and syncretic. The point is illustrated with reference to case studies of the speech and writing of two Texas women who use language in public contexts. The article further argues for the sociolinguistic study of public modes of discourse in addition to “vernacular” modes, and for the need in sociolinguistic research for rhetorical as well as linguistic analysis. (Variation, self-expression, individuality, case studies, Texas, public speech)

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Language use by tertiary students: The case of the National University of Lesotho

LINGUA Journal of Language Literature and Teaching ◽

10.30957/lingua.v16i2.598 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 157-174

Author(s):

Dr. ’Maboleba Kolobe ◽

Dr. ’Madira Thetso

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

University Students ◽

Language Use ◽

Communicative Competence ◽

Classroom Setting ◽

Human Language ◽

New Meanings ◽

National University ◽

Significant Patterns ◽

The University

This study interrogates the use of language by students at tertiary. It focuses on students’ interactions with one another outside classroom setting. The study hypothesizes that the language used by university students display richness and yet complexity of human language. In focus groups, third year students were requested to give words which according to them have acquired new meanings on campus as compared to their common use anywhere else. Thus, such words should be believed to have their ‘campus’ meaning versus their ‘home’ meaning on the basis that their campus meanings might only be understood amongst university students while at the same time would be given a different meaning when used outside the university. Content analysis was done drawing on the underpinnings of communicative competence and componential theory of creativity frameworks. Data yielded significant patterns of language use including polysemy, among tertiary students; therefore, the study concludes that students’ exploitation of language is attributive of their communicative competence and creativity.

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Urbanization, education, and language behavior

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication ◽

10.1075/japc.26.1.04xia ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 81-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xiaoguang Li ◽

Zhan Ju ◽

Marinus van den Berg

Keyword(s):

Language Use ◽

Family Income ◽

Code Switching ◽

Urban Centers ◽

Southeastern China ◽

Regional Dialects ◽

Language Behavior ◽

Language Attitude ◽

Place Of Origin ◽

And Gender

This paper reports the language behavior of a sample of Jilin University students. The data were collected in 2008, and a total of 2682 questionnaires were processed. The sample was detailed as to place-of-origin, year of study, college, and gender, and addressed language behavior and language attitude. Students originated from three areas: the Northeast, the Mandarin dialect area, and Southeastern China. Most students came from township environments and grew up there. The NE is relatively more urbanized as the result of early industrialization, but the Southeast, as regards family income, was the richer area. The study relates the reported language behavior to urban status, education and income level of parents, as well as to level of PTH pronunciation. It also addressed students’ attitude toward Putonghua dominance, and code-switching. Code-switching with English words also was studied. Generally, proportionally more students with backgrounds in major urban centers (provincial cities and municipalities) claim Putonghua as first and best language than students originating from townships. Larger numbers of students with the latter background, however, show increased proficiency in Putonghua. Language use data, finally, make clear that in all three areas, the local and regional dialects are the majority means of communication, whereas the use of Putonghua increases across generations from grandparents to same generation kin.

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An Important Armenian MS. with Greek Miniatures

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society ◽

10.1017/s0035869x00097884 ◽

1942 ◽

Vol 74 (3-4) ◽

pp. 155-162

Author(s):

H. Kurdian

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

York City ◽

Christian Iconography

In 1941 while in New York City I was fortunate enough to purchase an Armenian MS. which I believe will be of interest to students of Eastern Christian iconography.

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Linguistic Competence in Aphasia

Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication ◽

10.1044/aac17.3.87 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 87-92

Author(s):

Leonard L. LaPointe

Keyword(s):

Language Use ◽

Linguistic Competence ◽

Careful Study ◽

Feral Children ◽

Performance Factors ◽

Performance Loss ◽

Linguistic Rules ◽

Communication Goals ◽

Aphasia Treatment ◽

And Performance

Abstract Loss of implicit linguistic competence assumes a loss of linguistic rules, necessary linguistic computations, or representations. In aphasia, the inherent neurological damage is frequently assumed by some to be a loss of implicit linguistic competence that has damaged or wiped out neural centers or pathways that are necessary for maintenance of the language rules and representations needed to communicate. Not everyone agrees with this view of language use in aphasia. The measurement of implicit language competence, although apparently necessary and satisfying for theoretic linguistics, is complexly interwoven with performance factors. Transience, stimulability, and variability in aphasia language use provide evidence for an access deficit model that supports performance loss. Advances in understanding linguistic competence and performance may be informed by careful study of bilingual language acquisition and loss, the language of savants, the language of feral children, and advances in neuroimaging. Social models of aphasia treatment, coupled with an access deficit view of aphasia, can salve our restless minds and allow pursuit of maximum interactive communication goals even without a comfortable explanation of implicit linguistic competence in aphasia.

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