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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures ; v. 1
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FILLM studies in languages and literatures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Major versus Minor? Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgement; Contributors; Introduction; Part I. Languages; 1. The "minor language" perspective; References ; 2. The language milieu of the Old Order Amish; Introduction ; The state of the world's languages ; Reasons for concern ; The language context of the United States ; Pennsylvania Deitsch ; Old Order Amish language use and language maintenance ; Discussion and conclusion ; References ; 3. English -- The Last Lingua Franca?; Reference. |
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4. National identities and the Latin language in Hungary and CroatiaReferences ; 5. Error and innovation in postcolonial composition; World Englishes and cultural translation ; Bilingual creativity and composition studies ; Sameness and difference in a postcolonial classroom ; World Englishes: The promise of a term ; Conclusion ; References ; 6. Cultivating learners' intellectual growth and conceptual thinking skills; Introduction ; Rationale and significance of the study ; Objectives of the study ; Methods used in the study ; The population ; The procedures ; Method of data collection. |
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Data analysis Findings ; Part I: Personal information about the participants; Part II: The participants' writing errors in the pre-test; Part III: The participants' writing improvements; Level 4. Types of grammatical and punctuation error; Level 3. Types of grammatical and punctuation error; Comparison of participants' writing improvement; Participants' improvements in using discourse markers; Participants' writing improvement reflected in their haiku poems; Conclusions and implications ; Research question 1. How does reading impact the participants' writing development? |
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Research question 2. In what way does the strategic approach help develop the participants' writingImplications of the research outcome ; Limitations of the study ; References ; Part II. Theoretical considerations: Language, culture, literature; 7. Critical glissantism: Édouard Glissant's views on language(s); The vindication of Creole ; Language, the imaginary of language, and the question of Caribbeanness ; The amateur linguist ; The defence and illustration of a world poetry: Damas and Glissant compared ; References ; 8. Decolonizing world literature; Literature and the world market. |
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The Nobel Prize in literature and the perpetuation of conservative hypocrisy Gutenberg and world literature ; Concluding methodological propositions ; References ; 9. Minor and major readings across cultures; Reading positions ; Texts across cultures ; Readers across cultures ; Politics across cultures ; References ; 10. From Black Athena to Black Dionysus and beyond? African adaptations of Greek tragedy; References ; 11. From minor genre towards major genre: Crime fiction and autofiction; The legitimation process ; African crime fiction: History of a genre ; Autofiction: History of a genre. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Discourse analysis, Literary.
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Discourse analysis, Literary. |
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Communication in literature -- Globalization.
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Communication in literature. |
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Globalization. |
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Language and ethics -- Globalization.
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Language and ethics. |
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Globalization.
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Literature. |
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Literature -- Philosophy -- Globalization.
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Literature -- Philosophy. |
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Language and languages -- Globalization.
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Language and languages -- Globalization. |
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Language and languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Haen, Theo d', editor.
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Goerlandt, Iannis, editor.
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Sell, Roger D., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Major versus minor? Languages and literatures in a globalized world. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015] 9789027201287 (DLC) 2015007160 |
| ISBN |
9789027268549 (pdf) |
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9027268541 (pdf) |
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9789027201287 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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