Proposal for encoding the Balinese script in the UCS

This is a proposal to encode the Balinese script in the international character encoding standard Unicode. This script was published in Unicode Standard version 5.0 in July 2006. The script is used to write the Balinese language. A slightly modified version of the script is also used to write the Sasak language of Indonesia. Because a few changes have been made to the set of Balinese characters in Unicode beyond what appears in this proposal, users should refer to the latest code charts, accessible from:

Teaching Language to Students with Autism

This meta-synthesis of the literature on methods of instruction to students with ASD examines the various methods of teaching language to students with ASD. While each student learns language at his or her own pace, the author has found that certain methods yield results quicker, and these methods need to be examined critically for any literature on their reliability, efficacy, and scientific research. If a student with autism can be taught language quickly, therefore mitigating any further delays in academic development relative to peers, then this methodology should be made accessible to all teachers of such students

Unangam Tunuu

Syllabus - Practicum on Unangam Tunuu, CoLang 2016This workshop prepares the student for the 3-week practicum focusing on fieldwork on a sleeping or less accessible language using archival materials; the language we focus on (for both the workshop and practicum) is Unangam Tunuu (Eastern Aleut, ISO 6390ale). The workshop class will cover the language and cultural history, linguistic structure, the history of language documentation and description in Unangam Tunuu, and the main resources and foci of previous linguistic research. Students will be required to do the readings and to familiarize themselves with leading articles or reference books in the field, in particular with the Aleut Dictionary and Aleut Grammar by Knut Bergsland. Time permitting, we will do some group activities using these reference sources

“Avoiding the battle or deliberately opaque? Fair labelling and accessible language in the abortion debate”.

A visual presentation of the outmoded, frequently opaque and confusing language used in abortion regulation, professional guidance, related literature and debate. This poster presentation will attempt to stimulate debate about the ethical, moral, practical and legal implications of the language and labels used and the case for/against continued opacity. No specific position is taken on the rights of the embryo/fetus or on any right to abortion but it is argued that any legal protection that is offered should be reasonably defined

Making global connections through dance film

Dance film communicates on a most basic level, eliminating barriers of language and geography. Through this accessible art form, one is able to experience a variety of global perspectives that tend to crystalize aspects of the universal human experience, promoting our sense of belonging to a global family

Learner internal psychological factors

Book synopsis: What is language and how can we investigate its acquisition by children or adults? What perspectives exist from which to view acquisition? What internal constraints and external factors shape acquisition? What are the properties of interlanguage systems? This comprehensive 31-chapter handbook is an authoritative survey of second language acquisition (SLA). Its multi-perspective synopsis on recent developments in SLA research provides significant contributions by established experts and widely recognized younger talent. It covers cutting edge and emerging areas of enquiry not treated elsewhere in a single handbook, including third language acquisition, electronic communication, incomplete first language acquisition, alphabetic literacy and SLA, affect and the brain, discourse and identity. Written to be accessible to newcomers as well as experienced scholars of SLA, the Handbook is organised into six thematic sections, each with an editor-written introduction

Interplay between Point-Group Symmetries and the Choice of the Bloch Basis in Multiband Models

We analyze the point-group symmetries of generic multiband tight-binding models with respect to the transformation properties of the effective interactions. While the vertex functions in the orbital language may transform non-trivially under point-group operations, their point-group behavior in the band language can be simplified by choosing a suitable Bloch basis.We first give two analytically accessible examples. Then we show that, for a large class of models, a natural Bloch basis exists, in which the vertex functions in the band language transform trivially under all point-group operations. As a consequence, the point-group symmetries can be used to reduce the computational effort in perturbative many-particle approaches such as the functional renormalization group.Comment: revised version: 38 pages, 4 figure