Almost everyone uses language, so inevitably almost everyone thinks they are an expert in it. I don’t consider myself an expert, though most of my work requires at least language competence and sometimes actual skill, but I do follow the blogs featured on this feeds page.
(If you are wondering where the translation-related feeds have all gone, I have put them on their own page.)
Most of the blogs represented here are in English, most of the time, but don’t be surprised to find other languages used. Go with the flow – I occasionally find myself pleasantly surprised at how much I can grasp in languages I have never seen before.
Language On the Net
Language Log » The second life of a Language Log comment
More than four years ago, on Aug. 23, 2010, Doctor Science left the following comment on a post by Mark Liberman, "Cell phone cupertinos": I'm pretty sure I saw something several years ago about a whole dialect (argot? jargon? slang?) that had developed among young people in Japan (or possibly some other Asian country), based on phone cupertinos. Basically, they … [Link]
the world in words » Parliamentary-style debates take off in China — even if some topics are off limits
A participant in the inaugural Shanghai International Debate Open 2014. Motions ranged from whether police should bear arms to whether ransoms should be paid to terrorists for the release of hostages. (Photo: Ruth Morris) Here’s a guest post from Ruth Morris in Shanghai. The inaugural Shanghai International Debate Open kicks off with 100 fidgety students in a small auditorium. Volunteers wear … [Link]
Language Log » The grammar of "Better Together"
The official name of the organization campaigning for a No vote in the upcoming Scottish independence referendum is "Better Together." That phrase was originally the campaign's main slogan. Much has been written in recent days about the campaign's evident signs of panic, but no one has commented on the stupidity of "Better Together" as a slogan. (It was actually ditched … [Link]
Language Log » Interview technique
From "President Obama's Full Interview With NBC's Chuck Todd", NBC News (Meet The Press) 9/7/2014: Speaker Time Transcript Obama: 0:40-0:50 uh ISIL poses a broader threat uh because of its territorial ambitions in uh Iraq a- and Syria, but the good news is … Obama: 3:45-4:00 And we've seen the savagery uh not just in terms of how they dealt … [Link]
Language Log » Is English a "writer-responsible language" and Chinese, Korean, and Japanese "reader-responsible languages"?
These are totally new concepts for me. Until David Cragin told me about them, I had never heard of reader-responsible language and writer-responsible language. Dave works for Merck in the Safety & Environment group, knows Mandarin, has been to China 12 times since 2005, and teaches a short course on risk assessment and critical thinking at Peking University every year. … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Blind Tindering
Closing your eyes and swiping left and right while on Tinder and hoping for the best. Person one: woah! I don't remember right swiping that person!Person two: Damn, you must have been blind tindering again.
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