Crip translingualism

A glance at a map of language distribution reveals a series of linguistic boundaries which forms a line running across the top of the southern cone of South America from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Maritime Cordilleras of the Andes in the west. In the east this line separates Spanish from Portuguese-speaking territory. In the west it defines the southern limits of Quechua, the largest of the American Indian language communities. And in the center of the continent it involves Guarani which has attained a degree of national importance unmatched by any other native American language. The diversity of languages and linguistic landscapes along this line, as well as the nature of the boundaries which separate them, are of interest both to linguists and geographers as well as to scholars concerned with the broader interdisciplinary field of borderland studies.

Lexical entailment (LE) is a fundamental asymmetric lexico-semantic relation, supporting the hierarchies in lexical resources (e.g., WordNet, ConceptNet) and applications like natural language inference and taxonomy induction. Multilingual and cross-lingual NLP applications warrant models for LE detection that go beyond language boundaries. As part of SemEval 2020, we carried out a shared task (Task 2) on multilingual and cross-lingual LE. The shared task spans three dimensions: (1) monolingual vs. cross-lingual LE, (2) binary vs. graded LE, and (3) a set of 6 diverse languages (and 15 corresponding language pairs). We offered two different evaluation tracks: (a) Dist: for unsupervised, fully distributional models that capture LE solely on the basis of unannotated corpora, and (b) Any: for externally informed models, allowed to leverage any resources, including lexico-semantic networks (e.g., WordNet or BabelNet). In the Any track, we recieved runs that push state-of-the-art across all languages and language pairs, for both binary LE detection and graded LE prediction.

The article presents a brief retrospective of the conceptions of philosophical postmodernism in their connection with posthumanism. Posthumanism is a philosophical movement that has been actively developed in the last decade, with its roots in the 60s and 70s of continental philosophy. The discourse of posthumanism implies work and development of conceptions and notions used by M. Foucault, J. Derrida, J. Deleuze and F. Guattari, R. Barthes and others. Connecting with such philosophical trends as disability studies, animal studies, postcolonial philosophy, actor-network theory, intersectional feminism, posthumanism expands, complements and reincarnates many provisions of postmodern philosophy. This article outlines the main concepts used in posthumanist discourse.

This work presents an innovative deep neural network-based speaker verification (SV) model. SV is an authentication process that confirms whether a speaker is authorized. Text Independent Speaker Verification identifies who is speaking, not what is being said. India’s diverse linguistic and cultural landscape introduces challenges such as dialect and accent variations, multilingualism, multi-speaker scenarios, and varying quality of voice data recorded. Literature hints that the EER of the speaker verification model shoots up if tested with multi-language and multi-channel data; we have used the IITG-MV dataset, which has these variations captured specially for Indian conditions. Currently, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have shown encouraging results in speaker verification. Our work presents CNN combined with the LSTMs, where CNN is a feed-forward neural network, and LSTMs are a recurrent neural network. The pipeline extracts the acoustic characteristics from the input speech signal using MFCC and fed into models based on deep neural networks like VGG-16. However, the raw speech signal is fed into the SincNet model. The CNN-LSTMs model demonstrates significantly superior accuracy to SincNet and VGG16, making it the most effective approach for text-independent speaker verification in diverse Indian languages and channels. Despite using a basic deep neural network, the results demonstrate the efficiency of our proposed architecture. CNN-LSTM’s state-of-the-art performance is closer to that of the ECAPA-TDNN model.

Humor and translanguaging are increasingly prominent in digital communication; however, limited research has explored their intersection in Indonesian social media discourse, where local and global languages creatively merge. This gap leaves unanswered questions about how humorous and multilingual practices operate in online spaces, especially in contexts of cultural hybridity and diverse language contact. This study examines linguistic creativity in humorous translanguaging on Indonesian social media, specifically on the X platform (formerly Twitter). Using Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the research analyzes three humorous tweets posted by the popular Indonesian account @handokotjung, focusing on spelling manipulation, wordplay, and puns. The findings reveal that users blend multiple languages, including Indonesian, English, Sundanese, and Arabic loanwords, to produce homophonic, homonymic, and semantically playful expressions that resonate with emotional, cultural, and relational themes. The playful discourse in these tweets evokes humor while also communicating messages of romantic longing, cultural belonging, and sociolinguistic negotiation. The study underscores five aspects of humorous translanguaging in digital discourse: fostering inclusivity, showcasing linguistic inventiveness, enabling emotional expression, enhancing virality, and transcending language boundaries. These insights contribute to understanding how digital users utilize hybrid linguistic resources to construct identities, critique social norms, and create shared meaning in online communities. By foregrounding intersections among humor, creativity, and multilingual expression, this research offers a nuanced lens on evolving dynamics of language use in the digital era and highlights the pedagogical and sociocultural relevance of humorous translanguaging practices.

This paper uses network analysis to study how employment intermediaries have influenced inter-firm worker mobility in a region of Italy, in response to a 1997 reform that introduced temporary employment agencies. Worker reallocations from a matched employer-employee dataset are mapped onto a directed graph where the vertices are firms and the links denote transfers of workers between firms. Temporary employment agencies significantly improve network integration and practicability, while rapidly increasing the control over mobility channels. The trade off inherent in intermediation activity is captured and discussed. The potential of network analysis as a tool for monitoring regional labor markets is highlighted.

This study offers a novel contribution to the literature in the field by specifically examining the impact of mobile banking on corporate financial reporting and compliance within the context of Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe, an area that remains underexplored in existing research. Using a cross-sectional design and a mixed-methods approach, the study analysed data from a purposive sample of 73 employees across various departments at CBZ Zimbabwe. The research uniquely assesses how mobile banking influences profitability, cash flows, and operational efficiency, while also identifying strategic approaches to enhance financial reporting through digital platforms. Statistical tools included descriptive statistics, Likert-scale evaluations, and trend analysis, supported by data visualization through tables, charts, and percentages. Key findings indicate that mobile banking significantly improved the timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting, while its effect on regulatory compliance adherence was mixed due to issues such as inconsistent customer adoption and data integration challenges. Importantly, the research reveals a shift toward diverse mobile banking channels, including banking apps, SMS banking, and video conferencing, moving beyond traditional platforms like WhatsApp chatbots. These results provide actionable insights for banking institutions aiming to enhance financial transparency and compliance through mobile technologies. The findings also offer valuable guidance for policymakers seeking to support digital transformation in the financial sector while safeguarding reporting standards.

Foreword Sonia Nieto 1. Introduction: Linguistic Apartheid No Mas: Honoring all Languages Pierre Wilbert Orelus Part I. Linguistic Apartheid in the United States: From the Colonial to the Neocolonial Era 2. 21st Century Linguistic Apartheid: Language Learners in Arizona Public Schools Mary Carol Combs, Ana Christina da Silva Iddings, and Luis Moll 3. Cultural Hegemony, Language, and the Politics of Forgetting: Interrogating Restrictive Language Policies Antonia Darder 4. Reclaiming the Taino Legacy: Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity Lourdes Diaz Soto & Simone Tuinhof de Moed 5. Overcoming Linguistic Apartheid: Contesting the Raj's Divide and Rule Policies Vaidehi Ramanathan Part II. Beyond Draconian Language Policies: Affirming Language Diversity 6. Human Right, States' Rights, and Linguistic Apartheid Peter McLaren and Arturo Rodriguez 7. Bite Your Tongue: How the English-Only Movement Has Silenced Voices of Dissent Pepi Leistyna 8. Colonial Education in the Southwest: White Supremacy, Cultural and Linguistic Subtraction, and the Struggle for Raza Studies Jose Garcia, Eric Bybee, and Luis Urrieta Jr. 9. (Dis) appearance of Deficit: How Teachers Struggle to Serve Multilingual Students under English Theresa Austin, Stephanie Rondeau and Kim Stillwell Part III. In Defense of Language Rights of Minorities: Beyond Hegemony 10. Language Rights for Social Justice: The Case of Immigrant Ethnolinguistic Minorities and Public Education in the United States Laura Valdiviezo, Margaret Felis, Amy Lenard, and Sandy Browne 11. Textbooks for Academic Purposes: Are They a Trojan Horse Bearing the Advance Forces of Linguistic Domination? Indika Liyanage and Tony Walker 12. Beyond Absurdity: Working Past the Repression of Dialogue in U.S. Schools Bob Fecho 13. Americanisation and Englishisation as Processes of Global Occupation Robert Phillipson 14. The Role of Mother Tongues in the Education of Indigenous, Tribal, Minority and Minoritized Children - What Can Be Done to Avoid Crimes Against Humanity? Tove Skutnabb-Kangas 15. The Colonialism of English- Only Donaldo Macedo 16. Affirming Bilingualism and Bi-literacy: In Defiance of English-only Laws Pierre Wilbert Orelus Contributors