Nathan Badenoch
Biographic Data
| ID | 187704 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Badenoch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Badenoch |
| SIGNATURE | BADENOCH N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Villanova University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2707-4961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Multilinguality, vitality, and endangerment
In a place where societal multilingualism is part and parcel of the linguistic history, how does one go about assessing language vitality? In daily life, many people use more than one language, dialect or register depending upon the social setting, present and past. This includes all forms of code switching and code mixing, as well as well as complex processes of decision making in language choice. In Multilinguality, Vitality, and Endangerment, …
The question of universals in ethnobiological nomenclature
The classification and naming of plants and animals is said to follow a number of “universal” constraints cross-linguistically. While these constraints are generally accepted in the literature, few have been rigorously tested with a large language sample. In particular, the languages of mainland southeast Asia appear to have been neglected in such endeavours, even though it is common knowledge that some key constraints are violated in this region…
We are all Pana here, but there are no real Pana left
Notation and phonology of the Tri language in Vilabouly
Gérard Diffloth (1937–2023) was a leading authority on Austroasiatic languages, with a wide range of linguistic interests ranging from historical reconstruction to expressives, and much more. He was a tireless fieldworker who firmly believed that research into the linguistic history of Austroasiatic need be grounded in long-term fieldwork with native speakers in their daily speech environment. In this paper we introduce an unpublished manuscript …
Riverine Border Practices
Projectland
Anyone who has worked in the field in Laos knows well the implementational challenges, contested objectives, and conflicting meanings that government projects bring to the daily life of its diverse people. Ever-deepening understanding of the bumpy road to a market economy and the shady sides of state governance has led to a received wisdom that the revolution is dead, leaving Laos to an awkward post-Socialist future. In Projectland: Life in a Soc…
Rosalie Stolz. Living Kinship, Fearing Spirits
to tell profound stories of how the war wrought immeasurable destruction.Other pictures facilitate a "kinship with strangers" when the photographic content shows a shared environment in Vietnam of the past among viewers (p.179).Those who have not survived mythically appear with loved ones as a complete family, if only through photographs.It must be emphasized that Phu is writing from the side of the war's "losers," coming from a South Vietnamese …
Technical Meets Traditional
INTRODUCTION: Ineffective intercultural communication can occur due to inaccurate medical interpreting for limited English proficiency (LEP) patients. Research shows that Hmong patients experience poorer quality interpreter services than other LEP populations. This study's purpose is to understand Hmong medical interpreters' perceptions of the factors that affect their ability to make accurate medical interpretations during clinical encounters. M…
Silence, Cessation and Stasis
The study of expressive language has helped illustrate how ideophonicity operates between grammar and performance, as both syntax and poetics, across a wide range of phenomena experienced by speakers. In the Bit language, spoken in Laos and China by approximately 2,400 people, there is a rich vocabulary of expressives, or ideophones, used to depict a lack of movement, action or agency. In doing so, Bit speakers define silence in terms of sound, s…
Translating the State
The nation-building project of the Lao People's Democratic Republic has been challenged by the task of uniting the multi-ethnic country under its political ideology. The Lao National Radio broadcasts in the Khmu and Hmong languages are the only official voice of minority languages and provide insights on how political messages are sent to the population. In their creation of programming material, the broadcasters must translate the socialist ideo…
Mountain People in the Muang
This paper traces the history of Luang Namtha, an intermontane valley basin in northern Laos, based on the narratives of non-Tai ethnic groups that collectively constitute a majority in the region. The narratives demonstrate the possibility of alternative histories of muang polities, which are a core part of our understanding of Tai social and political organization. These narratives describe a central role for mountain people in the muang, inclu…
From Tea to Temples and Texts
The nature of upland-lowland relations has been a productive preoccupation for students of Southeast Asia. This paper looks at relations between the Ta'aang and Tay Maaw people of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province,in southwestern China, re-examining the upland-lowland interaction through the lens of Buddhist practice. The role of lay ritual specialists in maintaining daily religious life and the use of upland minority l…
Why Periodic Markets Are Held
This paper probes the mechanism of present-day periodic markets and how they operate through a detailed case study of periodic markets frequented by different ethnic groups in Jinping county, Yunnan, China. It sets out to identify the defining characteristics of periodic markets and considers the question of why they arise and why they continue to survive today. Past research has demonstrated that a key feature of periodic markets in traditional …
Water Rights and Social Justice in the Mekong Region
1. Water Governance and Water Rights in the Mekong Region Participation in Decision-making 2. Water Transfer Planning in Northeast Thailand: Rhetoric and Practice 3. Local People's Participation in Involuntary Resettlement in Vietnam: A Case Study of the Son La Hydropower Project Access and Equity 4. Rights and Rites: Local Strategies to Manage Competition for Water Resources in Northern Thailand 5. Local institutions and the Politics of Watershe…
Hayami Yoko. An Ethnography of Difference and Relatedness . Kyoto
demonstrates the power of Kyoto's commitment to field-based research
A multi-level perspective on conserving with communities
Mountains provide habitat for human and non-human life as well as many ecosystem goods and services useful to society at multiple spatial levels. In this paper we show that adopting a multi-level perspective allows for a more nuanced understanding of the governance challenges arising in the management of upper tributary watersheds for conservation purposes. Rather than assuming that the correct and best levels are known we look at how discourses …
A multi-level perspective on conserving with communities
Mountains provide habitat for human and non-human life as well as many ecosystem goods and services useful to society at multiple spatial levels. In this paper we show that adopting a multi-level perspective allows for a more nuanced understanding of the governance challenges arising in the management of upper tributary watersheds for conservation purposes. Rather than assuming that the correct and best levels are known we look at how discourses …
Interface of the Local and Global
Translating the State
The nation-building project of the Lao People's Democratic Republic has been challenged by the task of uniting the multi-ethnic country under its political ideology. The Lao National Radio broadcasts in the Khmu and Hmong languages are the only official voice of minority languages and provide insights on how political messages are sent to the population. In their creation of programming material, the broadcasters must translate the socialist ideo…
A multi-level perspective on conserving with communities
Mountains provide habitat for human and non-human life as well as many ecosystem goods and services useful to society at multiple spatial levels. In this paper we show that adopting a multi-level perspective allows for a more nuanced understanding of the governance challenges arising in the management of upper tributary watersheds for conservation purposes. Rather than assuming that the correct and best levels are known we look at how discourses …
Silence, Cessation and Stasis
The study of expressive language has helped illustrate how ideophonicity operates between grammar and performance, as both syntax and poetics, across a wide range of phenomena experienced by speakers. In the Bit language, spoken in Laos and China by approximately 2,400 people, there is a rich vocabulary of expressives, or ideophones, used to depict a lack of movement, action or agency. In doing so, Bit speakers define silence in terms of sound, s…
Interface of the Local and Global
A multi-level perspective on conserving with communities
Mountains provide habitat for human and non-human life as well as many ecosystem goods and services useful to society at multiple spatial levels. In this paper we show that adopting a multi-level perspective allows for a more nuanced understanding of the governance challenges arising in the management of upper tributary watersheds for conservation purposes. Rather than assuming that the correct and best levels are known we look at how discourses …
A multi-level perspective on conserving with communities
Mountains provide habitat for human and non-human life as well as many ecosystem goods and services useful to society at multiple spatial levels. In this paper we show that adopting a multi-level perspective allows for a more nuanced understanding of the governance challenges arising in the management of upper tributary watersheds for conservation purposes. Rather than assuming that the correct and best levels are known we look at how discourses …
Hayami Yoko. An Ethnography of Difference and Relatedness . Kyoto
demonstrates the power of Kyoto's commitment to field-based research
Water Rights and Social Justice in the Mekong Region
1. Water Governance and Water Rights in the Mekong Region Participation in Decision-making 2. Water Transfer Planning in Northeast Thailand: Rhetoric and Practice 3. Local People's Participation in Involuntary Resettlement in Vietnam: A Case Study of the Son La Hydropower Project Access and Equity 4. Rights and Rites: Local Strategies to Manage Competition for Water Resources in Northern Thailand 5. Local institutions and the Politics of Watershe…
Mountain People in the Muang
This paper traces the history of Luang Namtha, an intermontane valley basin in northern Laos, based on the narratives of non-Tai ethnic groups that collectively constitute a majority in the region. The narratives demonstrate the possibility of alternative histories of muang polities, which are a core part of our understanding of Tai social and political organization. These narratives describe a central role for mountain people in the muang, inclu…
From Tea to Temples and Texts
The nature of upland-lowland relations has been a productive preoccupation for students of Southeast Asia. This paper looks at relations between the Ta'aang and Tay Maaw people of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province,in southwestern China, re-examining the upland-lowland interaction through the lens of Buddhist practice. The role of lay ritual specialists in maintaining daily religious life and the use of upland minority l…
Why Periodic Markets Are Held
This paper probes the mechanism of present-day periodic markets and how they operate through a detailed case study of periodic markets frequented by different ethnic groups in Jinping county, Yunnan, China. It sets out to identify the defining characteristics of periodic markets and considers the question of why they arise and why they continue to survive today. Past research has demonstrated that a key feature of periodic markets in traditional …
Translating the State
The nation-building project of the Lao People's Democratic Republic has been challenged by the task of uniting the multi-ethnic country under its political ideology. The Lao National Radio broadcasts in the Khmu and Hmong languages are the only official voice of minority languages and provide insights on how political messages are sent to the population. In their creation of programming material, the broadcasters must translate the socialist ideo…
Technical Meets Traditional
INTRODUCTION: Ineffective intercultural communication can occur due to inaccurate medical interpreting for limited English proficiency (LEP) patients. Research shows that Hmong patients experience poorer quality interpreter services than other LEP populations. This study's purpose is to understand Hmong medical interpreters' perceptions of the factors that affect their ability to make accurate medical interpretations during clinical encounters. M…
Silence, Cessation and Stasis
The study of expressive language has helped illustrate how ideophonicity operates between grammar and performance, as both syntax and poetics, across a wide range of phenomena experienced by speakers. In the Bit language, spoken in Laos and China by approximately 2,400 people, there is a rich vocabulary of expressives, or ideophones, used to depict a lack of movement, action or agency. In doing so, Bit speakers define silence in terms of sound, s…
Rosalie Stolz. Living Kinship, Fearing Spirits
to tell profound stories of how the war wrought immeasurable destruction.Other pictures facilitate a "kinship with strangers" when the photographic content shows a shared environment in Vietnam of the past among viewers (p.179).Those who have not survived mythically appear with loved ones as a complete family, if only through photographs.It must be emphasized that Phu is writing from the side of the war's "losers," coming from a South Vietnamese …
Notation and phonology of the Tri language in Vilabouly
Gérard Diffloth (1937–2023) was a leading authority on Austroasiatic languages, with a wide range of linguistic interests ranging from historical reconstruction to expressives, and much more. He was a tireless fieldworker who firmly believed that research into the linguistic history of Austroasiatic need be grounded in long-term fieldwork with native speakers in their daily speech environment. In this paper we introduce an unpublished manuscript …
Riverine Border Practices
Projectland
Anyone who has worked in the field in Laos knows well the implementational challenges, contested objectives, and conflicting meanings that government projects bring to the daily life of its diverse people. Ever-deepening understanding of the bumpy road to a market economy and the shady sides of state governance has led to a received wisdom that the revolution is dead, leaving Laos to an awkward post-Socialist future. In Projectland: Life in a Soc…
The question of universals in ethnobiological nomenclature
The classification and naming of plants and animals is said to follow a number of “universal” constraints cross-linguistically. While these constraints are generally accepted in the literature, few have been rigorously tested with a large language sample. In particular, the languages of mainland southeast Asia appear to have been neglected in such endeavours, even though it is common knowledge that some key constraints are violated in this region…
We are all Pana here, but there are no real Pana left
Multilinguality, vitality, and endangerment
In a place where societal multilingualism is part and parcel of the linguistic history, how does one go about assessing language vitality? In daily life, many people use more than one language, dialect or register depending upon the social setting, present and past. This includes all forms of code switching and code mixing, as well as well as complex processes of decision making in language choice. In Multilinguality, Vitality, and Endangerment, …
Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (5 works) · Cambodian History and Society (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works)