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 » Language is messy, part 2: Arabic script in "Arrival"
A few days ago I posted the trailer for the forthcoming science-fiction movie "Arrival," based on Ted Chiang's linguistically rich tale of alien contact, "Story of Your Life." While most commenters have wondered how well Chiang's xenolinguistics will translate to the big screen, a couple of eagle-eyed observers noted something worrying in the trailer: incredibly sloppy use of Arabic script. … [Link]
languagehat.com » NativLang.
I can’t believe NativLang has been around since 1998 and this is the first I’ve heard of it, but so it goes. Thanks to Bruce for alerting me, and I will lazily quote his MetaFilter post on it for the links and descriptions: NativLang, brainchild of linguist Joshua Rudder, has a series of videos dealing with various aspects of language, … [Link]
Language Log » Unpermitted erections
Yesterday morning at 8:00 a.m. local time, in five cities around the U.S., the anarchist collective INDECLINE erected five copies of a nude polychrome statue of Donald Trump. The New York City copy went up in Union Square, but was removed after about two hours by the Parks Department, whose spokesman Sam Biederman explained that "NYC Parks stands firmly against any … [Link]
Language Log » I am a cat?
[This is a guest post by Nathan Hopson] Every once in a very long time, machine translation does something sublime. Usually ridiculous, but just occasionally sublime. Here's what happened to me the other day. First, let me begin with a mea culpa: I posted a cat video to the internet. Yes, I finally gave in and committed that gravest of … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » Fever Texting
A panicky, flirtatious text thread usually leading to sexting. Commonly typed in a nervous fashion out of fear of getting caught. Look at Jimmy over there fever texting with his side chick.
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