Linguistics

New linguistic research suggest early Germanic language and culture was strongly influenced by the Mediterranean superpower Carthage more than 2,000 years ago.

More than a decade ago, I posted about the oratorial skills of George Whitefield: "If I could only say 'O!' like Mr. Whitefield", 5/15/2009. He was an itinerant preacher who played an indirect role in the origins of the University of Pennsylvania, whose original 1740 home was a building constructed in an unsuccessful attempt to […]

A banner carried in the streets of Hong Kong on July 1: Today, the Hong Kong protesters carried a banner in the march, which says #WeReallyFuckingLoveHK.Even though #HongKong is dead after the passing of #NationalSecurityLaw, we still love our city dearly and will not give up fighting.(Pictures from online and yellow_illugulu on IG) pic.twitter.com/AuSPQPNtYF — […]

Scholarly publication and research communication: Predatory risks and concerns Editors: Pejman Habibie & Ismaeil Fazel This edited volume aims to address the crucial and consequential phenomenon of ‘predatory’ publishing from different perspectives, and examine its implications for academic lives and careers of scholarly writers. In the past decade, theexpansion and availability ofthe Open Access model and the global burgeoning drive to publish has spurred the mass proliferation of

At hiphilangsci.net , we're now embarking on a brief break for the northern hemisphere summer. We'll be back at the beginning of September with new posts and podcast episodes. In the meantime, be sure to catch up on all the great contributions we've had so far this year: Has the LSA Been a Generativist-Dominated Organisation? Fritz Newmeyer (UBC, Simon Fraser, U Washington) https://hiphilangsci.net/2020/01/22/lsa-generativist-dominated-organisation/ Der Siegener Diskursmonitor – ein Onli

Dear Colleagues, I’m writing to request your assistance in helping us promote new discounted membership rates for the Association for Laboratory Phonology (ALP or LabPhon) by reaching out to eligible people working in economically less-advantaged countries. Currently, over 90% of current ALP members are from the United States, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, South Korea, New Zealand, or Italy. In order to broaden our research community, new disco

I wrote this sentence: "Hong Kong was one of the freeest cities on earth". My automated spell checker flagged "freeest", so I changed it to "freest", and the spell checker let that stand. But in my mind I was still saying "free‧est", with two syllables, whereas when I see "freest", it's very hard for me […]

한글문화연대 소식지 778 2020년 7월 2일 발행인 : 이건범 (한글문화연대 상임대표) 한글문화연대 바로가기 ◆ [우리말 이야기] 가리 - 성기지 운영위원 ‘여줄가리’라는 토박이말이 있다. 본디의 몸뚱이나 원줄기에 딸린 물건을 가리키는 말이다. 휴대전화를 사면 딸려오는 액정 보호 필름이나 이어폰도 여줄가리이고, 사람 몸에 장신구로 쓰이는 머리띠나 머리핀, 귀고리, 반지, 팔찌 따위 액세서리들도 여줄가리라고 할 수 있다. 그러다 보니 토박이말 여줄가리는 중요한 일에 곁달린, 그리 대수롭지 않은 일을 나타낼 때 주..

바나나(40.5 X 28.5cm)는 2010년 4월에 제작하여 2017년에 전시, 발표한 작품으로 2019년에 국립한글박물관에 소장되었습니다.휘어진 바나나의 모양과 벗겨낸 껍질을 이용하여 재미있게 표현을 하였습니다.노랗게 잘 익은 바나나의 질감과 벗겨진 껍질의 사실적인 묘사가 잘 표현되었다는 평가를 많이 받았던 작품입니다. 

Because sarcasm is often difficult to discern and improperly used, it can operate as a linguistic mulligan. But deploy the excuse too much, and you might raise some eyebrows.

Worried you won't be understood while wearing a mask? Don't be. We studied how people sound while talking through fabric and the results are encouraging.

Tweet by Daphne K. Lee: Learned a very relatable term today: “報復性熬夜” (revenge bedtime procrastination), a phenomenon in which people who don’t have much control over their daytime life refuse to sleep early in order to regain some sense of freedom during late night hours. — Daphne K. Lee (@daphnekylee) June 28, 2020 bàofùxìng áoyè […]

Si vous allez apprendre le japonais, vous devez décider pourquoi vous voulez apprendre la langue. J’ai appris le japonais car mon travail m’y a emmené en 1971. J’y ai vécu pendant 9 ans, principalement pendant les années 70. J’ai appris au Japon, immergé dans la langue, seul, surtout en écoutant, lisant et utilisant le japonais […] The post 5 Astuces Pour Vous Aider À Apprendre Le Japonais appeared first on The Linguist.

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