John Gordon Ross

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 » On Sounding Natural.

Wednesday 15 November 21:44:41 UTC 2017

Victor Mair’s latest Log post is about Mandarin Chinese, but its implications are far more general. He begins: When I began studying Mandarin over half a century ago, I very quickly developed a pet phrase […]: lǎoshí shuō 老實說 / 老实说 (“to tell the truth; honestly”), After I married one of the best Mandarin teachers on earth (Chang Li-ching) several … [Link]

Language Log » Congratulations to Zhou Yu

Wednesday 15 November 19:49:22 UTC 2017

One of the Forbes "30 under 30" for science — Zhou Yu: Here's Zhou's CMU home page, and her Cal Davis intro page. She participated in last summer's JSALT workshop — her part of the final presentation starts around 41:50 of this recording. Her work on modeling conversational dynamics — the structure and interpretation of communicative exchanges — will be … [Link]

Language Log » Teacher is always honest

Wednesday 15 November 18:39:19 UTC 2017

When I began studying Mandarin over half a century ago, I very quickly developed a pet phrase (kǒutóuchán 口頭禪 / 口头禅): lǎoshí shuō 老實說 / 老实说 ("to tell the truth; honestly"), After I married one of the best Mandarin teachers on earth (Chang Li-ching) several years later, she corrected me when I said my favorite phrase. She told me that … [Link]

Urban Word of the Day » ESKETIT

Wednesday 15 November 8:00:00 UTC 2017

Lil Pump's favorite word. It has many meanings like getting money, get lit, turn up, or "let's get it" "Ayee this music lit"Lil Pump: "ESKETIT" [Link]

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