O que significa legal beagle?
Olá pessoal, aqui é o Marçal Couceiro. Depois de algum tempo ausente, estou de volta com mais uma dica de inglês legal para vocês. Hoje quero falar sobre o significado da expressão legal beagle....
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From the mouths of babes: Toddlers' speech is far more advanced than...
The sound of small children chattering away as they learn to talk has always been considered cute -- but not particularly sophisticated. However, new research has shown that toddlers' speech is far...
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"Evidence for Direct Geographic Influences on Linguistic Sounds: The...
We've been quiet here about linguistics in the big science media lately in part because a lot of the stuff just seems problematic in ways that would take a serious academic paper to react to seriously....
View ArticleMister America
In honor of Fathers’ Day, here’s a roundup of manly brands with respectful names. Dad would be so proud. * Mr. Beams makes security spotlights, ceiling lights, closet lights, and – in the “New Upcoming...
View ArticleHigh-altitude ejectives
Caleb Everett, "Evidence for Direct Geographic Influences on Linguistic Sounds: The Case of Ejectives", PLoS ONE, 2013: We examined the geographic coordinates and elevations of 567 language locations...
View ArticleSignificant (?) relationships everywhere
While we're on the subject of maybe-meaningful data-mining output, let me share with you some semi-refined ore from the dataset of real-estate listings that I mentioned the other day. I've collected...
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Automated 'coach' could help with social interactions
A new software system could help people improve their conversational and interview skills.
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Aussies and New Yorkers don't speak same language - CBS News
Aussies and New Yorkers don't speak same languageCBS News(CBS News) Turns out the language of love isn't quite so universal -- at least when it comes to fashion that is. In this light-hearted video for...
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Does Geography Influence How a Language Sounds? - National Geographic
National GeographicDoes Geography Influence How a Language Sounds?National GeographicLanguages spoken at high altitudes are more likely to contain a certain kind of sound made using short bursts of...
View ArticleLinguistics Goes to Hollywood
On April 19, the Linguistics Department at UC San Diego (aka the Extreme Southwest Wing of Language Log Plaza) hosted a special event as part of our celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the founding...
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New Welsh language digital service - The Guardian
New Welsh language digital serviceThe GuardianA new Welsh language service, PoblCaerdydd, is being launched today in Cardiff to serve the city's estimated 36,000 Welsh speakers. The digital news and...
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Whole Foods Revises Employee Language Policy - ABC News
Whole Foods Revises Employee Language PolicyABC NewsFacing threats of national boycotts from Latino groups and a slew of online petitions, Whole Foods announced Friday that the organic grocery chain...
View ArticleLOURIE ON TRANSLATING RUSSIAN.
This came up in a comment thread a while back, but I just reread it and decided it was so good it deserved its own post: Richard Lourie, writing in the NY Times a couple of decades ago, reviewed...
View ArticleTap water water
From a friend who is travelling in Japan: JAPANESE inryousui to shite mo goriyou itadakemasu 飲料水としてもご利用頂けま す ("Can also be used as drinking water") ENGLISH: Tap water can be used for drinking water...
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State's largest Spanish language newspaper endorses Ed Markey over Gabriel...
Cape Cod TodayState's largest Spanish language newspaper endorses Ed Markey over Gabriel ...Cape Cod TodayEl Planeta, the state's largest Spanish language newspaper with a circulation of 40,000, said...
View Article1684 – 93000 morts (93,000 killed)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Au moins 93000 personnes ont perdu la vie en Syrie depuis le début du conflit, selon les derniers chiffres … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1685 – Fermeture de média (Media closure)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Une grève générale est en cours en Grèce pour protester contre la décision du gouvernement de fermer … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1686 – Lionel Messi (Lionel Messi)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Le footballeur barcelonais Lionel Messi et son père font l’objet d’une enquête en Espagne pour une fraude … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1687 – Conducteurs mâles (Male drivers)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Une douzaine de conducteurs de trains hommes en Suède ont contourné une interdiction de port de shorts … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1688 – Real Life French: prévisions
Real life French Guide Welcome to your lesson of Real Life French. Each lesson we take a simple situation you may encounter in everyday life in France. Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :~
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