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 » Zhou Youguang, 109 and going strong
A year ago, I wrote "Zhou Youguang, Father of Pinyin" (1/14/14) to celebrate Zhou xiansheng's 108th birthday and his many accomplishments in language reform and applied linguistics. Included in that post were a portrait of ZYG in his study and numerous links concerning the man and his works. Today I wish to honor my ageless friend for his indomitable courage … [Link]
languagehat.com » Timur’s Language(s).
A correspondent asks: What language(s) would have been natively spoken by Timur the Lame, and what script would it / they have been written in? I responded that he apparently spoke Turkish, but I wasn’t sure whether it would have been written in the Uyghur-based script of the Mongols or the Arabic-based script borrowed from Persian, and I thought I’d … [Link]
Language Log » Metaphoric mash-up of the month
Dave Davies, "Clarke out of Philly mayor's race — Butkovitz in?", newsworks 1/13/2015: Butkovitz made it clear months ago he wanted to run for mayor. He engaged an experienced campaign team, but found it hard to raise money, particularly from unions, as long as there was a chance Clarke might run. In November, Butkovitz called the whole thing off, said … [Link]
Language Log » Predictable structure in songs, faces, words, & roles
From Gregory "Sir Mashalot" Todd, proof that all Country songs released in 2014 were underlyingly the same: I somehow missed this when it came out in November, but better late than never… Meanwhile, this just in: Terry F. Pettijohn II, Jamie N. Glass, Carly A. Bordino, & Jason T. Eastman, "Facial Feature Assessment of Popular U.S. Country Music Singers Across … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Flirt to Convert
The act of flirting to convince an unsuspecting person to attend your church Person 1: How did you get him to come to church? Person 2: I just had to flirt to convert.
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