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Using an ethnography of speaking approach, this article discusses the ideological aspects of language practices, as they are played out in a traditional Yupik (Eskimo) village in Chukotka, in the Far East of the Russian Federation. The article shows how local linguistic practices and language choices of individual speakers intersect with purist language ideologies, which frame certain beliefs about languages and ways of speaking, making them appear more normal and appropriate than others. Placing the " work of speaking " within the context of cross-cultural dynamics and purist language economies, this article challenges the basic assumption of linguistic purism about language and identity being intertwined.

ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND/SIBERIAN YUPIK ESKIMO DICTIONARY. VOL. 1: INTRODUCTION AND BASES A–S. VOL. 2: BASES T–W, POSTBASES, EN- CLITICS, APPENDIXES, AND INDEX. Compiled by Linda Womkon Badten (Aghnaghaghpik), Vera Oovi Kaneshiro (Uqiitlek), Marie Oovi (Uvegtu), and Christopher Koonooka (Petuwaq). Edited by Steven A. Jacobson. Fair- banks: Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska, 2008. Pp. xl– 496 (vol. 1); 497–940 (vol. 2).

Denne artikel diskuterer de ideologiske aspekter af sproglige praksis i Tjukotka og inddrager til sammenligning også situationen på St. Lawrence Ø, Alaska. Artiklen viser, hvordan puristiske sprogideologier kommer til udtryk i befolknin- gens rationalisering over sprogenes struktur og brug, og hvordan disse hænger sammen med nuværende doktriner omkring magt og værdier associeret med sprog.

We were  ying over the seemingly endless white space of permafrost for over an hour when my companion, a woman in her mid-thirties, pulled me towards the helicopter window: “Look over there, to the right.” She paused.  ere, in the distance, I saw a red-yellow  ame rising high above the ground,  lling the sky with black smoke. “ ey burn all day long,” she added. As we continued towards the village of Seyakha, one of the northernmost settlements in the northwest of the Yamal Peninsula, drilling rig followed drilling rig. Connected by webs of roads and pipelines, these iron rigs penetrated the tranquil- lity of the seemingly endless white landscape of the tundra, which was once exclusively populated by Nenets reindeer herders, and which is still home to one of the largest reindeer herds in the world.

This study puts CSY-Russian and CAY-English contacts into a comparative perspective and discusses different linguistic and non-linguistic (social, political, demographical, etc.) factors that have influenced the linguistic outcome of these contacts. The discussion is based upon the analytical framework proposed by Thomason and Kaufman (1988) and the principle that socio-linguistic constraints are more important for the study of language contact and language change than are linguistic constraints. It argues for the positive applicability of Thomason and Kaufman’s theoretical model, yet emphasises that some specific historical circumstances of the Bering Strait have had an effect that is not entirely predictable by their model.

Introduction to a ph.d. thesis, in which I describe, analyze and compare the complex and multifaceted dynamics of talk in two villages, situated on the opposite sides of the international Russian-American border. The dissertation focuses on the link between language and identity and on the role of language ideologies in the enactment of this link, illuminating the relationship between social structures and forms of talk.

K vinderne glimrer ved deres fravaer på Danmarks debatsider, konkluderer en ny undersøgelse fra Cevea. Taenketanken har fintalt, hvad der gemmer sig mellem benene på dagbladenes debattører og er kommet frem til, at kun 28 pct. af debatindlaeggene i de landsdaekkende aviser skrives af kvinder. Redaktørerne må vaere deres ansvar for ligestillingen bevidst, mener taenketanken.

K vinderne glimrer ved deres fravaer på Danmarks debatsider, konkluderer en ny undersøgelse fra Cevea. Taenketanken har fintalt, hvad der gemmer sig mellem benene på dagbladenes debattører og er kommet frem til, at kun 28 pct. af debatindlaeggene i de landsdaekkende aviser skrives af kvinder. Redaktørerne må vaere deres ansvar for ligestillingen bevidst, mener taenketanken.

Language is one of the key ways of self-identification and adaptation of the people.  This artilce discusses the linguistic situation in one of the Chuktokan villages in 2003, 2005 and 2018. It shows how the indigenous people of Chukotka have adapted lingusiticallyto the cardinal changes that the culture of the planned and market economy of the Soviet and post-Soviet era has brought with it; and exemplifies how people construct meanings through interaction, and how they continuosly use fragments of their native language in everyday life. How the changes in the political and social environment and group dynamics of the village over the past 20 years have influenced the use of the title (national) language, in this case the Chaplin dialect of the Eskimo Yupik language.

The article (in Russian) tells about contemporary Yupik society taking departure in 11 Yupik words which characterise the contemporary culture of the Asiatic Yupik (Eskimo), including such words as Акузипиг (language), Тыг’ныг’аг’си (return of the soul of a living person), Атик’ак’а (giving names of the dead ancestors), Ман’тāк’ (wail skin with blubber), Сику  (ice), Канти (candies),  Атук’ (traditional drum singing and dancing), Рамка (kin), Ах’к’ышак’ (feeding the dead), Паг’итак (old things, used in rituals), and Тухтак’ (formatted walrus met, sewed in a skin).

This article casts light on the last segment of Knud Rasmussen’s “grand expedition,” his trip to Chukotka,
in the Russian Far East, in September 1924. He spent somewhere between 18 and 48 hours in Chukotka
before he was deported back to Alaska, and it is doubtful that he was able to bring any significant local
objects back with him. Yet the Fifth Thule Expedition’s Siberian Collection at the National Museum
of Denmark includes about 1,000 items. Most of these objects were purchased by Rasmussen after his
return and donated to the museum as an extension of the Fifth Thule work. The article discusses the
significance of Rasmussen’s trip to Chukotka and the origin of the expedition’s Siberian collection. It is
also an attempt to challenge our traditional understanding of an “expedition” as a purposeful journey
with a definitive beginning and end.

In studies of language choice and minority language shift and maintenance, attention is frequently given to factors other than emotions: social context of contact, language politics, linguistic competence and attitudes, educational policies, and political agendas in a society. Yet human language is ideologically saturated, aesthetically experienced empirical phenomena, characterized by complex dynamics and linked to group and personal identities, morality, aesthetics, and epistemology. While negative moral emotions (e.g., shame) may lead people to abandon their first language, heritage languages may still be perceived as “more emotional,” and their loss and maintenance is a deeply emotional matter. Drawing on Pavlenko, Cavanaugh, and Ahmed, I discuss the role of emotion-related factors—affective repertoires and perceived language emotionality—in language choice of native Chukotkan parents, as a way of understanding human interactivity and the potential of the local environment for children’s acquisition of their heritage languages. Perceived language emotionality, I argue, is an important yet often overlooked aspect of heritage language sustainability and learning. The focus of this article is not on how bodies are transformed into objects of emotions (e.g., “the shamed one”), but on interplay between emotions and multilingual phenomena: how language and wordings are used to move people, to produce affects, attachments, equalities, and authenticities.

In order to answer the critical question of “how (and whether) communities can sustain continued use of their languages in the future,” this article addresses the subject of linguistic “sustainability” by comparing linguistic situations in two geographically and politically divided Yupik communities with dissimilar degrees of language maintenance: the predominantly Russian-speaking village of Novoe Chaplino in the Russian Far East and the still bilingual (English-Yupik) village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island in the United States. Addressing the question of sustainability from “within” – that is, looking at what “sustainability” looks like and how it works on the ground – the article discusses the place of language ideologies in this process, advocating for a move away from purists' conceptualisation of language to more experimental practices and “bilingual games.”

Using an ethnography of speaking approach, this article discusses the ideological aspects of language practices, as they are played out in a traditional Yupik (Eskimo) village in Chukotka, in the Far East of the Russian Federation. The article shows how local lin guistic practices and language choices of individual speakers inter sect with purist language ideologies, which frame certain beliefs about languages and ways of speaking, making them appear more normal and appropriate than others. Placing the "work of speaking" within the context of crosscultural dynamics and purist language economies, this article challenges the basic assumption of linguistic purism about language and identity being intertwined.

Background: Approximately one third of patient appointments in Health Care fails. Failed appointments put patients at risk, and they create a sizeable “waste” of resources. Most interventions in health care target the patient. They do not always work and may lead to social biases and more health inequality. A more holistic understanding of no-shows at hospital appointments would optimize processes and reduce waste, and it will support for particularly vulnerable patients. Objectives: The study seeks to provide a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of why (and how) patients do not show up for hospital appointments by involving the patient perspective and analysing the relational and organizational processes around no-shows in health care. It also aims to identify interactional strategies and organizational processes that work well, to support an appropriate implementation effort. Methods: The project uses mixed quantitative-qualitative methods. It addresses structural, relational, and pragmatic dimensions of failed hospital appointments in the Region of Southern Denmark through 4 analytical projects: 1) analysis of non-attendance patterns based on a regional patient population, 2) analysis of patient knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour, 3) analysis of the management of hospital agreements, and 4) in-situ (mis)communication. Chi2 and Kruskal-Wallis tests are used to compare the baseline characteristics of the patients across different levels. The three qualitative studies will share a common data pool consisting of ethnographic observational data, individual interviews with patients and practitioners, questionnaires regarding patients’ satisfaction with consultations, and video recordings of patient consultations. Both the traditional ethnographic method and cognitive video ethnography will be used. Results: This paper describes the protocol of the study. As of January 2023, the study was registered with The Danish Data Protection Agency (Registry ID: 22/54791), and with The Open Patient Data Explorative Network (Registry ID: OP_1800). The recruitment commenced in February 2023. It is anticipated that the quantitative data analysis will be complete by the end of august 2023, with the qualitative investigation beginning September 2023, and the first study findings available by the end of 2024. Conclusions: The many failures indicate that there is a lack of an offer within the healthcare system that can accommodate the vulnerable patients. To design effective interventions, the description and categorization of failures at hospital appointments must be supplemented by a more qualitative approach and solid ethnographic data that provides insights into the organizational and communicative processes leading to hospital errors and appointment failures. Achieving more comprehensive knowledge about the causes of failed patient appointments will have major practical benefits, contributing to a better, safer and more coherent treatment in health care.