Daniel Nogueira Passos

Economy and wealth in the maintenance of endangered languages

26/05/2011 17:21 1

AbstractThis dissertation aims to discuss the dissimilarities between the sociolinguistic approach to endangered languages revitalisation and the approach adopted by legal instruments and will suggest that the latter fails to address the issue of economic disadvantage of minorities, which Sociolinguistics…
The self-determination of indigenous peoples: panacea or pandemonium?

24/05/2011 07:11 1

1.IntroductionSelf-determination is a problematic topic in international law with extraordinary contradiction in its usage. The concept has been liberally used as a slogan of universal purpose, but its application is a rather complex issue with several obstacles [01]. Its significance…