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Children in Mexicano communities learn to use language in a variety of ways. At times they use both Spanish and English in the same conversation or help friends and family members enter mainstream society by translating English to Spanish for them. Pushing Boundaries describes Eastside, a Mexicano community in northern California, analysing language learning and language socialization in the context of real, problematic, important activities in people's lives. The authors consolidate three separate studies providing a unique perspective on the ways bilingual children and their families use and learn language. With children using the language of home, school and community separately and in combination, the book reveals how these children use their traditional language and cultural knowledge as a critical component for learning their second language and its underlying cultural norms

"Franz Boas's 1940 Race, Language and Culture is a monumentally important text in the history of its discipline, collecting the articles and essays that helped make Boas known as the 'father of American anthropology.'; An encapsulation of a career dedicated to fighting against the false theories of so-called 'scientific racis©m'; that abounded in the first half of the 20th-century, Race, Language and Culture is one of the most historically significant texts in its field--and central to its arguments and impact are Boas's formidable interpretative skills. It could be said, indeed, that Race, Language and Culture is all about the centrality of interpretation in questioning our assumptions about the world. In critical thinking, interpretation is the ability to clarify and posit definitions for the terms and ideas that make up an argument. Boas's work demonstrates the importance of another vital element: context. For Boas, who argued passionately for 'cultural relativism, ' it was vital to interpret individual cultures by their own standards and context--not by ours. Only through comparing and contrasting the two can we reach, he suggested, a better understanding of humankind. Though our own questions might be smaller, it is always worth considering the crucial element Boas brought to interpretation: how does context change definition?"--Provided by publisher

Introduction: Historical Background / Kristin Denham -- Linguistic diversity in Oregon and Washington / Edwin Battistella and David Pippin -- Place names of the Pacific Northwest / Allan Richardson -- Introduction: Indigenous Voices / Kristin Denham -- Indigenous language revitalization in the Pacific Northwest / Russell Hugo -- Reviving Chinook jargon: the Chinuk Wawa language program of the confederated tribes of Grand Ronde, Oregon / Henry Zenk and Kathy Cole -- Indigenous language revitalization program in Puyallup Territory / Danica Sterud Miller -- Introduction: English Voices and Attitudes in the Pacific Northwest / Kristin Denham -- English in the evergreen state / Alicia Beckford Wassink -- Seattle to Spokane: what Washingtonians think about English spoken in their state / Betsy Evans -- What Oregon English can tell us about dialect diversity in the Pacific Northwest / Kara Becker -- Introduction: Perceptions, Pragmatics, and Power. It's not what we say, it's how we say it: a brief examination of the pragmatic nuances of interpersonal communication in the region / Jordan B. Sandoval -- Language and power, language and place / Kristin Denham

AbstractThe Kazakh language is the state language of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Being in colonization for a long time Kazakhstani people had no need and chance to use the Kazakh language freely. With the independence proclaimed the opportunity to use the Kazakh language has increased: from primary schools to the universities. In the frame of European language teaching norms, special standards were developed to teach the Kazakh language in the functional-communicative direction. Its basics cover the national and cognitive directions. In this presentation the author shares the ideas of teaching national-cultural lexis, as well as using the onym units at the lessons. Proper names play a significant role in the Kazakh culture and the national mentality. They describe the long history of the Kazakh people through the centuries. The article considers languages' description and importance of teaching them.
Keywords: Lingua culture, onomastics, methodology.

In this article, I discuss the challenges of conducting a qualitative content analysis in more than one language. Doing research across languages requires detailed attendance to different ways of meaning-making and to the role of distinct (political) cultures. Furthermore, additional reflection is needed in order to become aware and consider one's own role in interpretation and meaning-making. Based on a research project on threat perceptions and enemy image constructions in American and German security policy relating to international terrorism after 9/11, I illustrate the development of a coding frame fitting to the distinct languages and (political) cultural backgrounds, as well as ways of reflection.

This article is a short introduction to how interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives can be developed for analyzing the phenomenon of national mobilization. The successful mass mobilization in Lithuania demonstrantes that Soviet mental programming was not successful in changing, using Rorty's terminology, the most parochial terms in the final vocabularies of Lithuanians. National identity was preserved during the period of occupation, and provided the grounds for collective action. The success of mobilization (in the "noisy phase") was closely connected with national values that were preserved during the period of Soviet occupation (the "quiet phase"), using various unobtrusive practices of contention in the context of bureaucratic nationalism, when state institutions in Lithuania were employing people who were nationally conscious. This, when a political opportunity emerged, allowed a rapid mass mobilization led by Sąjūdis.

This article is a short introduction to how interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives can be developed for analyzing the phenomenon of national mobilization. The successful mass mobilization in Lithuania demonstrantes that Soviet mental programming was not successful in changing, using Rorty's terminology, the most parochial terms in the final vocabularies of Lithuanians. National identity was preserved during the period of occupation, and provided the grounds for collective action. The success of mobilization (in the "noisy phase") was closely connected with national values that were preserved during the period of Soviet occupation (the "quiet phase"), using various unobtrusive practices of contention in the context of bureaucratic nationalism, when state institutions in Lithuania were employing people who were nationally conscious. This, when a political opportunity emerged, allowed a rapid mass mobilization led by Sąjūdis.

This article is a short introduction to how interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives can be developed for analyzing the phenomenon of national mobilization. The successful mass mobilization in Lithuania demonstrantes that Soviet mental programming was not successful in changing, using Rorty's terminology, the most parochial terms in the final vocabularies of Lithuanians. National identity was preserved during the period of occupation, and provided the grounds for collective action. The success of mobilization (in the "noisy phase") was closely connected with national values that were preserved during the period of Soviet occupation (the "quiet phase"), using various unobtrusive practices of contention in the context of bureaucratic nationalism, when state institutions in Lithuania were employing people who were nationally conscious. This, when a political opportunity emerged, allowed a rapid mass mobilization led by Sąjūdis.