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Abstract:
The challenge of contemporary South Africa is that of building a (post)nation of postracial equity in a fragmented world of a globalized ethical, economic and ecological meltdown. Yet, for some time now, language communities and individuals that had experienced linguistic discrimination under apartheid, and continue to experience so today, have been engaged in forms of non-racial struggles for sociolinguistic justice that aim to redefine their agency and voice, and thereby their linguistic citizenship. And central to such activism has been the use of global Englishes with local languages and varieties.
In my presentation, firstly, I put forward the argument that one particular variety of South African English, Coloured English (CE), while often used as a resource in the practice of non-racial sociolinguistic justice, continues to be a racializing technology that define discriminatory practices against language communities and individuals who
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A new study provides the best evidence yet for a hidden layer deep within Earth’s solid inner core.
Earth’s inner core, made of solid iron and nickel, is roughly two-thirds the size of the moon. The researchers used machine learning to pinpoint the most accurate model of the strange physical processes that shape our planet s inner core.
Earth’s core is a strange, strange place. For decades, scientists have suspected that, like Matryoshka stacking dolls, there may be an additional hidden layer within our planet’s solid iron and nickel inner core.
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A new study provides the best evidence yet for a hidden layer deep within Earth’s solid inner core.
Earth’s inner core, made of solid iron and nickel, is roughly two-thirds the size of the moon. The researchers used machine learning to pinpoint the most accurate model of the strange physical processes that shape our planet s inner core.
Earth’s core is a strange, strange place. For decades, scientists have suspected that, like Matryoshka stacking dolls, there may be an additional hidden layer within our planet’s solid iron and nickel inner core.
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Now, a new study has provided the strongest evidence yet for this mysterious layer what researchers have dubbed Earth’s
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Solomon Ray (Source: Bamberg County Sheriff s Office) By Patrick Phillips | January 24, 2021 at 3:10 PM EST - Updated January 25 at 2:10 PM
DENMARK, SC. (WRDW/WAGT) - Two law enforcement agencies are asking for the publicâs help to find a man who was last seen on January 14.
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Ray is 99-year-old, has grey to balding hair, blue-brown eyes, is 5-feet, 11-inches tall and weighs 160 pounds.
Officials say Ray is diagnosed with dementia and has hearing and visual impairments.