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Sound Sensations: My Week as a Deaf Person
Sun May 3, 2009 9:45 AM EDT
Last week life decided to give me a practical lesson in communication. After swimming regularly at the pool, one afternoon my ears blocked up. I couldn't hear a thing and spent the next couple of days understanding first-hand what it was like to be deaf.
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On Saving and Losing Aboriginal Languages: an Interview with an Outback Linguist
Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:29 AM EDT
Documenting languages can be a race against time in Australia, where many Aboriginal languages are on the verge of extinction. But recording language is not only about keeping the past intact.
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How Many Moves Does it Take to Email a Professor?
Thu Sep 4, 2008 6:21 AM EDT
Why is it that a university teacher can fire away minimalist email responses while their students spend day and night composing those perfect lines? The comic to the right hits the spot.
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What Do You Linguists Do Anyway?
Wed Jul 9, 2008 6:11 AM EDT
How many languages do you speak? Do you know all the eskimo words for snow? Are you going to correct my grammar? These are a couple of common questions I get when I say to other people "I think I want to be a linguist..."
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Downer's French-in-Mouth Syndrome
Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:34 PM EST
Poor Alexander Downer has put his French in it. Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister could hold off no longer from pesky journalists asking him about his linguistic abilities and finally conceded at the National Press Club during a debate with Labor's Robert McClelland.
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Not So Wild About the Cursive: The Secret Life of Chinese Calligraphy
Wed Jun 6, 2007 11:46 PM EDT
Taiwan's contemporary cultural force, the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, showed us the secret life of ink in their homage to Chinese calligraphy at the Sydney Opera House.
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Language Devils in the Making
Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:04 PM EDT
So the Venezuelan President has called the American President a "devil"...called, said, referred to, labelled - whatever you want to call it, it came out of his mouth at the UN and it definitely rolled off his tongue in full flair. Mr. Chavez is certainly a performer.
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Just dropping by to say I hope you are having a wonderful Easter and life is treating you well!
Dear Miss Linguistics,
Allow me to introduce myself... my name is Jeff and I am a second-year MA candidate studying Spanish phonology. I have a BA in Spanish and a BA in linguistics.
I was sitting here, procrastinating - my first MA exam is on Saturday - and I decided to type "linguistics" - my field of specialty - in the Newsvine "Search" box, and I found you! How wonderful!
So, in order to prolong my procrastination, I am writing this letter in hopes you find it and respond.
In what area of linguistics do you specialize/know the most about? Are you still in school or do you have a job? If so, what do you do?
Well, I suppose out of fear of being considered a creepy Internet stranger I will leave it there.
Sincerely,
Jeff
Hello Ms Linguistics...what a lovely comment to leave, thank you! My writings are only as good as their value to the reader, so if any is of worth to you, I am thrilled. I hope you are having as great a time on Newsvine as I am enjoying! :o)
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