help us to determine whether a language UP:23/04/2012-09:19:31 WM:23/04/2012-09:19:38 M:LG102-4-FY A:11a5 R:1101631 C:A531A08874E68F858726D2BE7C18B7DAF6AD10B9 is in a dangerous position or not‚ such as acquisition rate by the children‚ attitude of the whole community to the language and effects of other languages that can threaten the language. Moreover‚ being able to have and evaluate such factors is important in order to decide the level of endangerment of a language. Classification of endangerment
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State of Indigenous languages in Australia - 2001 by Patrick McConvell Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Nicholas Thieberger The University of Melbourne November 2001 Australia: State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series No. 2 (Natural and Cultural Heritage) Environment Australia‚ part of the Department of the Environment and Heritage © Commonwealth of Australia 2001 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in
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Language revitalization‚ language revival or reversing language shift is the attempt by interested parties‚ including individuals‚ cultural or community groups‚ governments‚ or political authorities‚ to reverse the decline of a language. If the decline is severe‚ the language may be endangered‚ moribund‚ or extinct. In these cases‚ the goal of language revitalization is often to recover the spoken use of the language. Although the goals of language revitalization vary by community and situation‚
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demonstrates an overall language situation in Kazakhstan which reflects on a national building of the presently independent country. At first‚ it analyses a historical background on a foundation of the Kazakh language starting from a the Soviet Union period to the language problem since the time of early independence. The investigation conducted in this paper explains main reasons of weak language community as well as policy-making decisions and directions to the further language development. The examination
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ENGENERRING: ITS EVOLUTION‚ DEVELOPMENT‚ SUCCESS AND FAILURES. TOPIC: COMPUTER LANGUAGES NAME: MUHAMMAD ALI RAFIQUE GROUP ID: 17440350/ 7E3B2245 TUTOR: CARRIE HO Table of Contents 1. INDRODDUCTION 1 2. HISTORY 2 3. SCOPE: 4 4 Success of Computer Languages 4 5 EVOLUTION OF ALGOL-60 4 5.1 DESIGIN: STRUCTURE ORGANIZATION 5.2ALGOL-60 PROGRAM ARE HIERARCHICALLY STURCTURED …………….
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of global languages and globalization; it also shows us how global languages spread and why they are needed. Key words: lingua franca‚ globalization‚ language Language and Globalization Since this paper is going to focus on the problem of language globalization I feel we should be properly introduced first to the term of lingua franca or otherwise known as a global language. The term lingua franca (plural lingue franche or lingua francas) is used to refer to any form of language that serves
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The English language English is one of the most important languages in the world. It can even be regarded as the single most important language. Though other languages are important too‚ they are not the same as the English language is. English is important because it is probably the only language that truly links the whole world together. If not for English‚ the whole world may not be as united as it is today. The other languages may be important for their local values and culture.Considering
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The language is the most important means of communication. It is necessary to be able to communicate not only in your own language but also in a foreign language. That is why people learn languages. The most important language of all is our mother tongue. We learn it from very young and it stay with us until we die. When we want to learn a new language‚ we must know our own very well. There are many different people and everyone learns a foreign language in his own way. For some people to learn
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Refer the theories of language acquisition (Behaviorist theories‚ nativist theories and interactionist theories) and write an evaluation of them.Consider the stages of language acquisition in the evaluation of these theories. Human language development is a huge debate between Nature Vs Nurture within theorists of various fields in psychology.There are three major schools of thought that will be mainly focused on; behaviourist‚ nativist (rationalist)
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Tamil /ˈtæmɪl/[8] (தமிழ்‚ tamiḻ‚ [t̪ɐmɨɻ] ?) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of South India and North-east Sri Lanka. It has official status in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu‚ Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tamil is also a national language of Sri Lanka[9] and an official language of Singapore[10] It is legalized as one of the languages of medium of education inMalaysia along with English‚ Malay and Mandarin.[7][11] It is also chiefly spoken in the states
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