Tradition and change in language and discourse: three case studies.
Abstract. The linguistic gumbo presented in this work is three separate sociolinguistic situations--Francoproven[??]al in Europe, Patron Saints' festivals in Central Mexico, and Kuna in Panama. Although each is distinct, all share certain sociolinguistic and discourse changes which raise interesting questions for the communities themselves, as well as for scholars...

You can now watch, own foreign movies.
Byline: Muthukumar K MUMBAI: The movie buffs no longer need to wait for film festivals or special screenings to watch a French or a Japanese classic. Now you may watch them from the comfort of your home. At the price range of Rs 300-399 per...

The nature of language.
ABSTRACT Sentences share with equations properties of discrete, linear infinities; distinct symbol types; alternation of symbol types in the signal; deep-structure with a main verb and recursion; associative, commutative, and distributive properties; autonomous levels of organization; paraphrase, ellipsis, and ambiguity; powers of assertion, truth and falsity; modification...

Origin and evolution of languages; approaches, models, paradigms.
9781845532048 Origin and evolution of languages; approaches, models, paradigms. Ed. by Bernard Laks et al. Equinox Publishing Limited 2008 345 pages $95.00 Hardcover P116 The questions of how, where, when, and...

Interview with Haunani-Kay Trask on her campaigning for indigenous language and human rights in Hawai'i.
My mum was a native speaker but by the time she went to school the language had already been banned. She had one of those terrible experiences where you speak English at school but Hawaiian at home. You know they had little rulers that rapped on the children's knuckles...

Speaking of puzzles, try linguistics.
Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard Linguistics, Thomas Payne says, is a foreign word to many Americans. "They think a linguist is someone who speaks a lot of languages, but that's not really true," says Payne, a linguist who works as a research associate at the...

International Mother Language Day.
IN 1999, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared February 21 of every year as International Mother Language Day to promote and preserve linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. Since then, UNESCO has supported programs promoting the study of the languages of major ancient and modern...

Overlapping and interlocking frames for humanities literary studies: Assia Djebar, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Gloria Anzaldua.
This article addresses the need for more comparative perspectives among four cognate fields of study: postcolonial, feminist, ethnic, and francophone studies. (1) Francophone studies is the analysis of literature and culture produced in French by authors coming from former French colonies; postcolonial studies represents the theories, histories, and literature...

The voice of the land is in our language: the urbane Indian.
Not to long ago, I wrote a half-hour television show for Canadian television--all in the Ojibway language. Before you get too congratulatory, understand that while I penned the piece, called The Strange case of Bunny Weequod, it was in English because I wasn't able to script it in my...

Posicion del acento y segmentacion de palabras en hablantes de Español.
RESUMEN Varios estudios han mostrado que el patrón acentual de la lengua materna se aplica a estímulos lingüísticos novedosos. En el campo de la segmentación del habla sintetizada, esta idea ha recibido apoyo de experimentos con lenguajes en los cuales el patrón acentual coincide con los límites...