Cross‐cultural Information Access
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DOI: 10.1002/pra2.624
Abstract: Despite the advanced information technology's impact on the extent and availability of digital information, information access is not equally attainable to everyone. The lack of cultural and linguistic diversity in information systems and infrastructure has… read more here.
Keywords: information; linguistic diversity; information systems; information access ... See more keywords
Toward multi-lingual information retrieval system based on internet linguistic diversity measurement
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asej.2018.11.009
Abstract: Abstract We introduce a method for measuring the quantity of online content of a set of languages at domain level. This measurement is used for building a Multi-Lingual Information Retrieval (MLIR) system that identifies which… read more here.
Keywords: system; information retrieval; multi lingual; linguistic diversity ... See more keywords
The impact of linguistic diversity on students’ reading comprehension using different diversity measures and its’ differential effects depending on students’ migration background
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101796
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the effects of linguistic diversity on students’ learning with a sample of 1603 5th grade students and 65 classes. Combining the theories of Piaget's concept of disequilibrium, language awareness and cognitive… read more here.
Keywords: migration background; reading comprehension; students reading; linguistic diversity ... See more keywords
Mediating linguistic diversity in the diaspora: An illustration from Haitian Canadians
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2019.06.002
Abstract: Abstract This article aims at discussing mechanisms involved in the formation of diasporas and the phonetic dynamics underlying part of their diversity, as seen through the lens of a heterogeneous group of Canadians of Haitian… read more here.
Keywords: mediating linguistic; haitian canadians; diversity diaspora; illustration ... See more keywords
Linguistic diversity and individual variation: Comment on "Rethinking foundations of language from a multidisciplinary perspective" by T. Gong et al.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2018.07.003
Abstract: In their comprehensive review article, Gong, Shuai and Wu argue that theorizing about the foundations of language requires taking evolution into account—in particular, the cultural evolution of linguistic structure. We wholeheartedly concur with this point… read more here.
Keywords: variation; foundations language; diversity; language ... See more keywords
Pedagogical Approaches to Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Communication Sciences and Disorders Programs: A Nationwide Survey.
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DOI: 10.1044/2024_ajslp-23-00032
Abstract: PURPOSE This study investigates how instructors in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) programs teach about cultural and linguistic diversity (CLD) in general-content courses as well as those dedicated to CLD content with the goal of… read more here.
Keywords: communication sciences; cultural linguistic; survey; cld ... See more keywords
Relations between linguistic diversity, classroom social climate, and reading comprehension in Norwegian elementary classrooms
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DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2024.2330937
Abstract: ABSTRACT Linguistic diversity creates both opportunities and challenges for peer relations in today’s classrooms. However, how class linguistic diversity relates to peer relations as a dimension of classroom social climate and its relation to academic… read more here.
Keywords: linguistic diversity; classroom social; diversity; social climate ... See more keywords
Political liberalism, linguistic diversity and equal treatment
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DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2016.1192179
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article explores the implications of John Rawls’ political liberalism for linguistic diversity and language policy, by focusing on the following question: what kind(s) of equality between speakers of different languages and with different… read more here.
Keywords: liberalism linguistic; language; political liberalism; linguistic diversity ... See more keywords
‘My language, my mother tongue’: competing language ideologies and linguistic diversity among speakers of standard and non-standard varieties
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DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2015.1036835
Abstract: This article draws on longitudinal research of a linguistic ethnographic nature with four young women of Pontian Greek origin who migrated to Greece, from Russia and Georgia, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and… read more here.
Keywords: research; language ideologies; language mother; language ... See more keywords
Multilingualism in the governance of a ‘monolingual’ institution: an explorative study on linguistic diversity and language practices in the University of Hamburg
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DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2018.1520237
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper describes and discusses findings from an explorative study on multilingualism among university staff. In a project conducted in the University of Hamburg, 661 members of staff in administrative and technical roles have… read more here.
Keywords: university; explorative study; language; linguistic diversity ... See more keywords
Cognitive Science From the Perspective of Linguistic Diversity
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13418
Abstract: This letter addresses two issues in language research that are important to cognitive science: the comparability of word meanings across languages and the neglect of an integrated approach to writing systems. The first issue challenges… read more here.
Keywords: linguistic diversity; language; science perspective; cognitive science ... See more keywords