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Wordarrows: El poder representativo del lenguaje en la obra de no ficción de N. Scott Momaday

2012

This article focuses on two non-fiction works by Native American author N. Scott Momaday: his 1969 historical memoir The Way to Rainy Mountain and his essay collection The Man Made of Words. It specifically tackles performative conceptions of language in the Kiowa storytelling tradition, where words are experienced as speech acts that have the power to intervene in surrounding realities. Taking into account 20th century ethno-cultural and linguistic policies in the United States, the article also reflects on the role indigenous languages may play in contemporary Native American Literature, which has most often been written in English.

N. Scott Momaday; Kiowa; indigenous languages and cultures; history of the United States; Native American LiteratureLearning englishPerformative utteranceN. Scott Momaday Kiowa lenguas y culturas indígenas historia de los Estados Unidos literatura nativo-americana.IndigenousPower (social and political)indigenous languages and culturesKiowaHistory of the United StatesSociologyDiscurs--AnàlisiAnglès--EnsenyamentLiteratureHistory of the United StatesN. Scott Momadayhistory of the United Statesbusiness.industryDiscursos acadèmicsLinguisticsN. Scott Momaday Kiowa llengües i cultures indígenes història dels Estats Units literatura nativa-americanaWork (electrical)MemoirNon-fictionlcsh:PC1-5498Anglès aprenentatgelcsh:Romanic languagesbusinesslcsh:LNative American LiteratureStorytellingIndigenous languages and cultureslcsh:EducationLanguage Value
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Indigenous language education in Russia: current issues and challenges

2021

Despite the high number of recognised Indigenous groups who are struggling to maintain their languages, cultures, and identities in Russia, there is little research done on the matters of cultural and linguistic revitalisation. This study sought to address this gap by exploring the views of two Indigenous groups, Karelian and Mari, on the development of their Indigenous languages and educational strategies to protect and revive their languages. The study relied on in-depth one-on-one interviews with 20 participants, ten from each Indigenous group. The findings show that despite older generations’ relative proficiency and interest in their respective Indigenous languages, motivation to maste…

assimilaatio (sosiologia)alkuperäiskieletVenäjäindigenous language educationkielelliset vähemmistötindigenous languagesvähemmistökieletkielen elvytysmonikielisyysalkuperäiskansatplurilingualismRussia
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Promotion of Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Goals and Prospects of CAPOLSA at the University of Zambia

2014

The convergence of two complementary agendas motivated collaboration between two universities (in Zambia and Finland) to establish the Centre for the Promotion of Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa (CAPOLSA), focused on initial literacy learning in indigenous languages. The project’s mandate and activities are closely related to Zambia’s national context of literacy and educational provision, emerging trends in information and communication technology, and the University of Zambia’s institutional context of research and development on literacy, child development, and education. CAPOLSA has afforded opportunities for enhancing the working relations between the national university and government …

initial literacy learningevidence-based planningAfricaindigenous languagescollaboration
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