Essays about: "people languages"

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  1. 21. A Painful Legacy : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Canadian Government Discussions on Residential Schools

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Lukas Zetterlund; [2022]
    Keywords : Canada; Indigenous People; Canadian Government; Residential Schools; Language Rights; Language Policy and Planning; Language Management; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : Indigenous language rights in Canada have been historically marginalized, with the residential school system being integral to their attempted erasure. These schools stripped indigenous children away from their homes to undergo forced assimilation grounded by colonial language policy which saw the indigenous peoples as impediments to their progress. READ MORE

  3. 22. ASSESSING DELPHI AS A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FOR BEGINNERS : A relative assessment of programming languages from a beginner's perspective

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Alexander Jonsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Delphi; Analytic hierarchy process; Relative grading; Java; Python; C#; Delphi; Analytic hierarchy process; Relative assessment; Java; Python; C#;

    Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to evaluate Delphi’s claims of being a well-suited choice for beginner programmers, which will be performed by comparing it to other established environments and languages to see potential differences and similarities in order to see if their claims have any truth behind them. To assess Delphi as a beginner programming language, it will be compared relatively to three other programming languages, namely Python, Java and C#. READ MORE

  4. 23. A Language for all? KiSwahili as a Tool for Unity: Problematizing the East African Community’s Language Policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anton Brandberg; [2021]
    Keywords : kiSwahili; national unity; regional unity; East African Community; Tanzania; Kenya; language policy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In modern state-development it is common practice to use one language for unifying people in a nation or region. However, in the wake of decolonisation, many African states found themselves struggling with the decision to pick a national language. READ MORE

  5. 24. Language recognition and voter turnout : Insights from India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Erland Kjellén; [2021]
    Keywords : India; Elections; Language policy; Political participation; Voter turnout;

    Abstract : Few studies have investigated the impact of language policies on voter turnout. India is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, where hundreds of languages are spoken by the population, but only certain languages are granted official status. READ MORE

  6. 25. An Intentionalist Approach to the Question of the White Outsider’s Authorial Rights in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun and Lloyd Jones’ Mister Pip

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Nadia Ali Elmi; [2021]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Mister Pip (2006) by Lloyd Jones engage with the issue of the white male outsider’s activity of writing black people’s stories. It shows that Adichie counters the discourse that entitles the Western subject, Richard, to tell African stories by transferring his interpretive privilege to the African object, Ugwu. READ MORE