John Gordon Ross

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Language Stuff

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

languagehat.com » Michael Erard Wins LSA Award.

Wednesday 4 November 22:58:29 UTC 2015

Frequent commenter bulbul has alerted me to this LSA announcement: Today, the LSA recognizes five linguists for their work to support endangered languages, promote linguistics to the public, and advance and serve the field of linguistics as a whole. Congratulations to the winners of the following LSA Awards: ● Linguistics, Language and the Public Award: Michael Erard. Michael Erard, editor … [Link]

Omniglot blog » eesti keel

Wednesday 4 November 12:46:52 UTC 2015

Last night I had an interesting chat with an Estonian student who is studying in Bangor about Estonia and the Estonian language. I knew a little about the language already, but realised that I didn’t know any words or phrases in Estonian, apart from its native name – eesti keel – and I wasn’t even sure how to pronounce that: … [Link]

Language Log » Job-pocalypse

Wednesday 4 November 12:38:08 UTC 2015

A panel from today's SMBC: This reminded me of my discussion yesterday with Dmitri Tymoczko about automatic composition, so I sent him the panel. His response: Yes, I see it … “make me a piece that combines the best of Mozart and the Rolling Stones, leading me to accept the necessity of bureaucratic red tape in the functioning of modern … [Link]

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