The dormitive virtue of root-power quantities
One of the concepts that comes up in the Introduction to Phonetics course that I'm teaching this semester — first meeting yesterday — is SNR ("Signal to Noise Ratio"). This is the ratio between the...
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The Linguists' Principle of Charity - Patheos (blog)
The Linguists' Principle of CharityPatheos (blog)There it was that I learned of something from the field of linguistics, called the principle of charity. The principle says that when someone says...
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'Computational Linguistics' developed in Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan Business Center
Azerbaijan Business Center'Computational Linguistics' developed in AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Business CenterBaku, Fineko/abc.az. "Computational Linguistics" is a new work of scientists of the National...
View ArticleLearn English With Photos 4 - The Guest House
In this lesson we spend a night at the Glenartney guest house on the Isle of Arran in Scotland and learn some vocabulary for talking about hotels and accommodation. You can download a PDF with the...
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Who knows more words? Americans, Canadians, the British, or Australians?
I have been hard at work on preliminary analyses of data from the the Vocab Quiz, which is a difficult 32 word vocabulary test. Over 2,000 people from around the world have participated so far, so I...
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Coalition's schools target on foreign languages questioned - The Australian
Coalition's schools target on foreign languages questionedThe AustralianIn new measures, the Coalition outlines a $10 million trial of online language learning for pre-schoolers, and a plea that the...
View ArticleJLPT N5 Grammar: Past Polite Japanese Adjectives
This month, I am going to cover more of the basics of N5. I know these videos are pretty basic for most of you, but if you are just starting out, or know somebody that is, be sure to check out this...
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Baffoe: Devin Hester & The Language Of Hall Of Fame Exclusion - CBS2 Chicago
Baffoe: Devin Hester & The Language Of Hall Of Fame ExclusionCBS2 Chicago(CBS) He only does one thing well. That's the story of Devin Hester's career, isn't it? And the way we say that about a...
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Learning a new language alters brain development
The age at which children learn a second language can have a significant bearing on the structure of their adult brain, according to a new study.
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Pilot Lingo 101: Aviation phonetics and linguistics - Alaska Dispatch
Alaska DispatchPilot Lingo 101: Aviation phonetics and linguisticsAlaska DispatchPilot Lingo 101: Aviation phonetics and linguistics. Colleen Mondor. August 29, 2013. Email Print Text Size -A +A. An...
View ArticleBIBLIOTHEQUE RUSSE ET SLAVE.
The Bibliothèque russe et slave links to scads of works both in the original and in French translation, and I have bookmarked it with alacrity. Many thanks to Erik McDonald, from whose XIX век post I...
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Trudeau's US segregation link infuriates PQ as Marois concedes new language...
National PostTrudeau's US segregation link infuriates PQ as Marois concedes new language ...National PostMarois concedes controversial language law Bill 14 would not be watered down anymore and might...
View ArticleSpoken Hong Kong Cantonese and written Cantonese
[This is a guest post by Robert S. Bauer, with some comments on "dialect" vs. "language" by me (VHM) at the bottom.] 1. After 1949 over the last few decades of British colonial rule, Cantonese was...
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The Black Box of Second-Language Acquisition - The Atlantic
The Black Box of Second-Language AcquisitionThe AtlanticThere all sorts of theories around how best to acquire a second language. Some people think you should dive right in and speak from day one....
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Bill 14: PQ government may allow language law to die - CBC.ca
CBC.caBill 14: PQ government may allow language law to dieCBC.caQuebec's minority government may allow Bill 14, its controversial amendment to Quebec's French language charter, to die on the order...
View ArticleMein Weg zum Deutsch lernen
Wir lernen Sprachen am besten wenn es macht Spaß. Es muss interessant sein. Für mich war es immer so.
View ArticleA personal look at the multilingual, multicultural experience
As localization professionals we are all immersed in the business of language and technology, naturally. However we all too often forget that behind the business and technology of the language services...
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"Can everyone go ahead and take a seat, and let's get started."
You're leading a meeting for a local meetup group that you're a member of. You'd like to start the meeting, so you say this. Can everyone go ahead and take a seat, and let's get started.
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Idea from the Vault: Notes from ¿Qué tal? - Tener Idioms
tener miedo (de) – to be afraid of tener prisa – to be in a hurry tener razon – to be right tener ganas de – to feel like tener que – to have to tener...
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"It's not all glamour and prestige; we put in a lot of long, thankless...
You work for a fashion designer. You're introducing the job to some new interns at your company. You explain that it's not going to be as fun as they probably imagined. It's not all glamour and...
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