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Direct linkHickey, Raymond, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2020
South Africa is a country characterised by great linguistic diversity. Large indigenous languages, such as isiZulu and isiXhosa, are spoken by many millions of people, as well as the languages with European roots, such as Afrikaans and English, which are spoken by several millions and used by many more in daily life. This situation provides a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics
Peer reviewedLuykx, Aurolyn; Lee, Okhee; Mahotiere, Margarette; Lester, Benjamin; Hart, Juliet; Deaktor, Rachael – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background: A critical issue in academic assessment is the effect of children's language and culture on their measured performance. Research on this topic has rarely focused on science education, because science is commonly (though erroneously) assumed to be "culture free." Students' scientific understandings are influenced by the cultural values,…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Semantics, Linguistics, Science Tests
Harris, John, Ed.; And Others – 1986
This collection of symposium papers on varieties of the English language used in Ireland includes: "The Role of Irish English in the Formation of Colonial Englishes," by P. Trudgill; "Anglo-Irish Verse in Translation from Irish," by P. L. Henry; "The Methodology of Urban Language Studies," by J. Milroy;…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English
