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 » Autodescriptive Linguistic Terms.
“Loanword” is a calque of German “Lehnwort”; “calque” is a loanword from French. Via Speculative Grammarian. [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » hype artist
Someone who get's an audience riled up and hype, but they don't have much substance. Like a DJ or a lesser known opening artist before a performance. Nigeria is a hype artist, but she doesn't ever know what she's talking about.
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Language Log » Language, law and money
Eric Lonergan, "The economics of language: David Hume & valuing Facebook", Philosophy of Money 2/19/2016: Language, law and money have very similar economic properties. Specifically, the resilience and propagation of these institutions does not reside in some intrinsic, physical value, nor in a promise, nor in the value each individual derives from them. It resides in a network externality. [Link]
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