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 » Bruria Kaufman
The Annual Reviews have a tradition of featuring retrospective articles by or about senior figures, and the Annual Review of Linguistics has followed this pattern with pieces featuring Morris Halle in the 2016 volume and Bill Labov in 2017. For 2018, we'll be featuring Lila Gleitman. As background, Barbara Partee, Cynthia McLemore and I spent the last couple of days … [Link]
Urban Word of the Day » fartoholic
Someone who is addicted to their own fart smell, and so farts as often as possible. 'Stan, you're a real fartoholic' 'So?' 'You stink.'
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languagehat.com » EasyPronunciation.com.
Timur Baytukalov has created what looks like a useful site for language learners, EasyPronunciation.com; he says: I created this website with phonetic transcription converters – https://easypronunciation.com/en/. They can convert text into IPA phonetic transcription. I already support seven languages (English, Russian, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian). Russian and French converters have embedded audio recordings. Some levels are for paid subscribers, … [Link]
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