I discovered the International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS) last year. It is published by UNESCO, and since the late 1990s has included themes like “Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Colonial and Post-Colonial Societies”, “Multiculturalism and Political Integration in Modern Nation-States” and “Protecting Endangered Minority Languages: Sociolinguistic Perspectives”. I’m consistently delighted every time I consult something… [Read more…]
November 24, 2009
Chantale Marentette, a linguistics student from Toronto, is doing a study on cross-border speech and language patterns in Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. Torontonians/Torontoans are also included in the study. The following survey was developed by Prof. Jack Chambers from the University of Toronto. It’s entitled “Dialect Topography”. If you are from any of these metro… [Read more…]
October 28, 2009
On Tuesday my group went to the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane again. My teammates and I spent some time on reflection and goal setting, then we waited to see our newfound contact at the school — a cheery Portuguese teacher who goes by his surname Goba. I found it hard to focus on new acquaintances and… [Read more…]
October 26, 2009
Portuguese, Changana, Echuwabo, English Elections, Observation Missions, Fliers, Capulanas Students, Orphans, Believers, Peddlers Embassies, Credentials, Maps, Interviews ………….. This Morning the class visited the U.S. Embassy. One of the diplomats made an appointment for us to interview the director of the law school of the main university in Mozambique, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. We interviewed a… [Read more…]
October 20, 2009
It’s 4:11 a.m. I have a midterm to do for another class, intro to nonprofits. There is no way that I can finish it decently and also sleep, not die, shower and get dressed and on time to the airport tomorrow while also remembering to: eat, not forget my toothbrush which is lying out on… [Read more…]
October 12, 2009
Looking through materials this morning regarding language use in Mozambique, I was led to a series of websites ranging from the Organization of Portuguese Language Countries, the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa, UNESCO, and now to an interactive map of endangered languages. (other wanderings can be found on my delicious page) I’m very passionate… [Read more…]
December 8, 2009
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