Article: Language and minority rights; ethnicity, nationalism, and the politics of language.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Skrentny, John D. The minority rights revolution.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Kliatt;  March 1, 2005 ;     181 words ...SKRENTNY, John D. The minority rights revolution. Harvard Univ. Press...written an academic analysis of minority rights in America since WW II. While...formidable. Tracing modern American minority rights to the victory of the Allies...

Article: Cultural autonomy, minority rights, and globalization.(POLITICAL SCIENCE)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2005 ;     134 words ......2005-000967 0-7546-4500-2 Cultural autonomy, minority rights, and globalization. Roach, Steven...sovereignty regarding the severe abuse of minority rights without at the same time undermining...effective transnational regime of minority rights. After discussing the history of ...

Article: Measuring civilization. (Essay).(minority rights)(related article: United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage symbol)
UN Chronicle;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......necessary connection between minority rights and conflict prevention...against famine, so too does minority rights constitute a vital but...tighten, violations of minority rights rise, and a growing climate...place. Recognition of the language rights of ethnic Albanians...some ...

Article: LANGUAGE
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      700+ words ...LANGUAGE 1. A human system of COMMUNICATION which uses structured...signs. Most linguists currently regard the faculty of language as a defining characteristic of being human. 2. A particular...CODE (including in COMPUTING ), and FIGURATIVE USAGE: the language of dreams ; machine language . 4. The ...

Article: The language of exclusion and the people of God: a socio-theological look at the question of inclusive language.
Women Magazine;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Language is more than a means of communication--a neutral medium...exchange of ideas. It is an integral part of our humanity. Language not only mirrors the ideals, values, and structures of...shaping and preserving these ideals, values, and structures. Language, by its very nature, is a more complex ...

Article: Minority Rights: Between Diversity and Community.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2006 ;     127 words ...0745623956 Minority rights; between diversity and community. Jackson Preece, Jennifer...the social sciences, this text analyzes whether traditional minority rights theory is up to the task of responding to the modern challenges...

Article: Reflections on Language.(Review)
The Modern Language Review;  January 1, 2001 ;     607 words ...Reflections on Language. Ed. by STUART HIRSCHBERG and TERRY...All undergraduate students of Modern Languages or English should follow a course that...them to the nature and functions of language, but it is not an easy task to find...

Article: Minority rights still ignored in Romania, says Laszlo Tokes.
Presbyterian Record;  January 1, 1996 ;     627 words ......shield Rev. Laszlo Tokes, a champion of minority rights in Romania, from the blows of President...news, but his struggle to promote minority rights in Romania (and throughout the world...living there are fully recognized. Minority rights is an issue worthy of the attention...

Article: language
The Oxford Companion to the Body;      700+ words ...language may be the most appropriate trait by which to classify...technology ( Homo faber ) — and not only because language is less honorific than rationality and more intrinsic...since the very act of definition is itself a move within language. Speculation that all three species-specific ...

Article: The language of invitation.(Essay)
Cross Currents;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Language empowers and kills. Verbal language, with its attendant body language, can affirm, offer love, do ministry, and seek justice. Verbal and body language can likewise assault, maim, harm, and kill. Language is essential in everything that we...

Article: Words that express our realities deserve to be praised, preserved. (variants in language)(Column)
National Catholic Reporter;  June 28, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Language. Mother tongue. Without an event that jars our sense of...lifetime honing. As a poet, I am particularly concerned with language. I listen carefully, sift intentionally, working always...children in Spanish and written several books in that language, I've been surprised that my poetry has always ...

Article: CROATIA: CROATIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES MINORITY RIGHTS LAW.(Brief Article)
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  May 14, 2000 ;     182 words ...The legislature approved a package of government proposals on 11 May to guarantee minority rights according to European standards. The measures deal with minorities' cultural, educational, and linguistic rights and restore an...

Article: Language, Military: Official Terminology
The Oxford Companion to American Military History;      700+ words ...Language, Military: Official Terminology. Official military terminology takes a wide range of forms, some...as possible in order to reduce the likelihood of error or misjudgment. As with most specialized language forms, focusing on the function that language plays within an organization is not sufficient. ...

Article: EU concerned over Turkish law restricting freedom of speech, lack of minority rights
AP Worldstream;  November 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Turkey must improve minority rights, enhance freedom of expression and religion and press ahead...economic reforms but chided authorities for their approach to minority rights, which it said has remained unchanged over the past year...