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A critical evaluation of linguistic minorities from a postmodern perspective: the case of Welsh
No full textMy aim in this thesis is to consider language policy and minority languages from the viewpoint of postmodernism – a theoretical framework that has much to offer beyond mere explanation and support for the concepts of diversity and pluralism. I argue there is a shortage of texts that interrogate language policy from a postmodern perspective – notwithstanding the contributions of a relatively small group of linguists including Pennycook (2000, 2006), Wright (2000, 2004), Cameron (1995) and Edwards (1985-2003). Thus, I combine some arguments from the domain of postmodernism articulated by theorists such as Foucault (1980), Lyotard (1997), and Connor (2004) with other arguments from the fields of language policy, language ideology and minority language rights formulated by theorists such as Phillipson (1993, 2003), Crystal (2000, 2003).In the first chapter I consider how language policy and planning has developed as a subject of academic inquiry since World War II. In the second chapter I focus on a primary objective for language policymakers, namely minority language maintenance. I conclude that characteristics and trends associated with postmodernism are neither wholly supportive nor wholly unsupportive of minority language maintenance. In the third chapter, I concentrate on the minority language Welsh, tentatively concluding that a truly bilingual Wales is not achievable. In this fourth chapter, I analyse findings from my ethnographic research into Welsh language usage in Newport. I tentatively conclude once more that the Welsh Assembly Government’s bilingual objective is unachievable. Finally, I argue that postmodernism is a useful theoretical perspective for academics in the field of language policy and planning
T.H. Green on property rights
No full textbook chapterPublished.Darin R. Nesbitt (Douglas College Faculty) contributed the chapter, "T.H. Green on property rights" (1st ed. 2005)
T.H. Huxley: The Agnostic
No full textThe author offers a biographical sketch of T.H. Huxley, known as Darwin\u27s Bulldog, his stance on evolution and religion, including an exposition of agnostic philosophy
A review of the literature on the health beliefs, health status, and use of services in the refugee and asylum seeker population and of appropriate health care interventions.
No full textThe Health ASERT Programme Wales is a research programme commissioned by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer,Welsh Assembly Government to investigate health promotion issues among Minority Ethnic Groups, Refugees/Asylum seekers, and Gypsy Travellers.The acronym ASERT stands for Asylum Seekers, Ethnic minorities, Refugees and Travellers. Research was undertaken by the Research Centre for Transcultural Studies in Health, Middlesex University and the Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury between February 2003 and March 2004.The study aimed to enhance the evidence base on health promotion issues related to minority ethnic groups, refugees/asylum seekers and Gypsy Travellers in Wales in order to inform policy and programme development in the Welsh Assembly Government’s Health Promotion Division (now known as Public Health Improvement Division) and elsewhere in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer.The study objectives were to: identify gaps in the existing evidence base of health needs and health promotion issues for the study groups; identify existing good practice of health services and promotion for the study groups; explore ways of delivering health promotion policy/programmes targeting these groups in a culturally and socially sensitive manner; identify issues for further research
Een ontwerp van een boeken-oproepsysteem (bibliofoon) voor de Centrale Bibliotheek van de T.H. Delft
No full textHet ontwerpen en bouwen van een boeken-oproepsysteem (bibliofoon) voor de bibliotheek van de T.H. Delft. Deze bibliofoon moet on-line door een computer bediend kunnen worden. Het uitgangspunt dient te zijn, dat de besturing zoveel mogelijk door deze computer gedaan wordt. In verband met de betrouwbaarheid moet overwogen worden om uitsluitend I.C.'s en Reed-relais toe te passen.Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer ScienceLaboratorium voor Automatische Verkeerssysteme
Letter from T.H. Hayes, Jr. to Attorney Henry M. Beaty Jr
No full textA letter of recommendation for Russell B. Sugarmon, Jr. to be admitted to the bar in Memphis and Shelby County. The author commends his ability, character, and family background
John Viriamu Jones and Welsh idealism
No full textThe formation of the University of Wales was contemporary with the establishment and increased popularity of the philosophical school of British Idealism. Each of the University’s founding Colleges (in Aberystwyth, Bangor, and Cardiff) contained Idealist philosophers and scholars who either led or oversaw their development. The role British Idealism played in establishing a national higher education in Wales has been neglected and is an area of sparse research. This thesis redresses this absence by providing a detailed consideration of how Idealism related to Welsh educational reform. It does this by considering the life and career of John Viriamu Jones, the first Principal of the University College of Wales, Cardiff, and a key figure in the development of the University of Wales Charter. John Viriamu Jones, the son of a Welsh collier, went to Balliol College, Oxford, where he was educated by English Idealist thinkers such as T.H. Green, Benjamin Jowett, and Frederick Temple. Inspired by the teaching he received, Viriamu Jones brought this Idealist philosophy back to his homeland and put it into practice. By considering the life of this individual, and the role Idealism played in his educational ambitions, this thesis is a history of Idealism in action
Predictive and investigative modelling of flood risk within Welsh river catchments : a co-funded pilot study : preliminary report, February 2004
No full textThe first three sections of this report detail the rationale project rationale: background and inception of the pilot study (Section 1); specifications and remit of the study as a whole (Section 2), and details BGS’ role (Section 3). The remaining sections represent preliminary assessments of methodologies relevant to the modelling of flood risk in Wales: mapping methodologies (Section 4); the Holocene evolution of Welsh river catchments (Section 5); radiocarbon dating techniques and preliminary results (Section 6); the implications of the methodologies, data and interpretation for BGS alluvial mapping methodologies (Section 7), and a preliminary assessment of computer-based forward-modelling of flood risk at Aberystwyth University (Section 8)
Map of the emigrant road from Independence Mo. to St. Francisco, California /
No full textRelief shown by hachures.Accompanied by text: Accompaniment to the Map of the emigrant road from Independence, Mo. to St. Francisco, California by T.H. Jefferson, New York, 1849 (11 p., negative photocopy, folded in pocket, 16 cm.).LC Trails, 113"This map is in four parts and represents the emigrant road from Independence, Mo. by the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains to California. The author was one of a party of emigrants who travelled the road with waggons in 1846. All the streams of water and springs upon the road are delineated; also daily distances, courses and camps made by the party."--Printed on Part 1.Sheets labeled Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV.Includes notes and distance table.LC copy imperfect: Some acid-transfer. DLCLC copy quarter-bound in black leather with black and cream marbled board (42 cm.), map sheets mounted on linen. DL
Quantum gates activated with laser precision
No full textGreen Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.QID/Taminiau La
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