The current work describes an automatic system especially designed for aligning cross-lingual ontologies. The CroLOM software, unlike existing systems, uses the Yandex translator, NLP techniques and a similarity computation based on the categories of the words and synonyms. CroLOM participated for the first time in OAEI2016 evaluation campaign and the results obtained are so far been quite prom...

The current study examined the relation between antisocial behaviors and cultural status in a sample of Mexican American youth. Because rates of externalizing problems are high and because Mexican American children and adolescents represent the largest and fastest growing segments of the population, the present study sought to examine how attachment to cultural group might serve as a protective...

The main purpose of the present paper is to draw attention to contexts where two conceptions of linguistic rights—the rights of languages and the rights of speakers—come into conflict. To illustrate such conflict, I will examine justifications of language laws adopted in two post-Soviet countries, Latvia and Ukraine. I will begin with an overview of Soviet language policies and their impact in ...

The use of American Indian (AI) words and images in athletic teams' nicknames, logos, and mascots remains a controversial issue. This study investigated the emotional impact of the University of North Dakota's "Fighting Sioux" nickname/logo on 33 AI and 36 majority culture (MC) students enrolled at the university. Participants completed the Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist-Revised (MAACL-R) ...

The acculturation complexity model suggests that immersion into dissonant cultures promotes cognitive skills in biculturals (Tadmor and Tetlock, 2006). In the present study, we examined links between identity acculturation and executive functioning (EF). Turkish-German immigrant origin children (N = 225; M = 11 years, SD = 1.6 years, 99 males) were given questions about their identification wit...

Aims: The paper aims at providing an exhaustive overview of studies small-scale multilingualism, a type language ecology typical of—but not exclusive to—indigenous communities with small numbers speakers. We identify the similarities and differences among situations such which lay foundations for future typology this kind ecology. Approach data: outline importance ideologies multilingualism in ...