Linguistics

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• Dont let quotes run "amok"

  
  Paleoglot — Authority: 111
  I couldnt help but laugh at the hilarious blog discovery Paddy K recently uncovered:The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" QuotesIts amazing how, despite all ones careful wording, two ill-placed punctuation markers can wreck it all.
  21 hours ago

• The Grey Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche" [Linguistics]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 871
  Where, exactly, are you supposed to start when the New York Times runs a Page One media piece on the word "douche"? Times media writer Edward Wyatt penned a soft, round filing that was about the...
  1 day ago

• The Gray Lady and Her Sad, Shared, Empty Bag of "Douche" [Linguistics]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 871
  Where, exactly, are you supposed to start when the New York Times runs a Page One media piece on the word "douche"? Times media writer Edward Wyatt penned a soft, round filing that was about the word "douche." It appeared on todays front page. This word is one with which this website (and media network) has ...
  1 day ago

• Urdu Dictionary Board under threat

  
  GupShup Forums — Authority: 170
  Urdu Dictionary Board used to be a separate institution with its own budget. In 2007, it was put under the education ministry. Now Education ministry want to combine Urdu Dictionary Board and Urdu Science Board together. Hopefully this decision will change. Jasarat Unicode اردوڈکشنری بورڈ کا ...
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• Greek and English Relative Clauses

  
  ?? ????? — Authority: 492
  Though both require relative clauses to begin with a relative pronoun, Greek and English are typologically distinct in that one employs the pronoun with the gap strategy (English) and the other only needs the pronoun (Greek): a man whom Chris saw [GAP] vs. τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ μέλλω πίνειν ...
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• Stanley Ellis obituary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Leading authority on dialects and a pioneer of the forensic analysis of voice recordings Stanley Ellis, who has died aged 83, was an authority on English dialects, a pioneer of the forensic analysis of voice recordings and a radio broadcaster whose programmes brought dialectology to life through illuminating ...
  2 days ago

• Taiyaki Branding and Naming Makes Japan Happy

  
  Name Wire: The Product Naming Blog — Authority: 124
  I often look to other countries for naming inspiration and today its Japan, where the horrible economy has brought back in vogue a traditional snack called Taiyaki . Taiyaki means, wait for it, "baked sea bream." Its a fish shaped pancake that is filled with sweet bean jam and has been around for a hundred ...
  2 days ago

• MIND Reviews: Shaken: Journey into the Mind of a Parkinsons Patient

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 150
  DVDs Shaken: Journey into the Mind of a Parkinson’s Patient [More]
  2 days ago

• Body loses Supreme Court appeal

  
  Language Log — Authority: 659
  This morning, I appealed the somebody-vs.-someone story to the Supreme Court of the United States. The decision came quickly — details are below. A few days ago (" Less body in your lexicon? ", 11/11/2009), I gave evidence confirming that someone and everyone are more formal than somebody and everybody ...
  2 days ago

• Linguistics Cartoon Favorites - Schwas

  
  A Walk in the WoRds — Authority: 120
  susanohanian.org [IMG: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eIARuH0-x4Y/Ss-XvruIZII/AAAAAAAAA_0/cTP_x0NVR1o/s400/schwa.jpg]
  2 days ago

• Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?

  
  Drewbot — Authority: 486
  Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be? : One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she’s at a disadvantage to a swimmer who’s an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater? The Amazons, after ...
  3 days ago

• Texas Tech Linguist to Assist in Salvaging Remains of Comanche Language, Devising College Course

  
  Texas Tech Today — Authority: 148
  {Editor’s note: The phrase Num u Tekwap u in this story features a strikethrough on the last u of Num u and a strikethrough and underline on the last u in Tekwap u .} This fall, a Texas Tech University professor of anthropology will begin the difficult task of collecting the remnants of the near-extinct ...
  3 days ago

• Why We Worry (preview)

  
  Scientific American — Authority: 150
  The young girl wanted to unburden herself about her problem. She told her doctor that she worried excessively and that she felt overwhelmed by these thoughts. One memory that she described to Douglas Mennin, director of the Yale Anxiety and Mood Services at Yale University, was particularly telling. Her grandmother ...
  3 days ago

• on phonematic units

  
  ninetysix and ten — Authority: 111
  Firthian Prosdic Analysis provides a way of thinking about language and phonology which is fundamentally different from approaches in the ‘American’ and/or generative tradition. As Anderson’s overview points out, “While one might be tempted to compare the phonematic units of the former with the phonemes of ...
  3 days ago

• Article Title Unknown

  
  Odious and Peculiar — Authority: 116
  Origins of the Japanese people and language by Jared Diamond. Interesting, and a nice summary. I didnt realize that linguists were classifying Japanese and Korean as far outliers of Altaic. Via Megan McArdle .
  4 days ago

• Five Grammar Myths Exploded

  
  Professional Blog Service — Authority: 467
  I love language, and I’m a stickler for grammar and punctuation. I don’t always know the names of the rules, or how to diagram a sentence, but I know what’s right, and what’s not. So as a professional wordsmith, and self-confessed know-it-all , I want to explode five common grammar myths I hear rather ...
  4 days ago

• About that word “insurgents”

  
  Bookworm Room — Authority: 623
  I saw a headline at Drudge, to the effect that there is a photo of Afghan “insurgents” with U.S. ammo.  The story, although I’m sure it’s interesting, interested me less than that word “insurgent.”  We’ve all talked about the fact that “insurgent” a word that allows a politically correct, liberal ...
  4 days ago

• Burgesss The Doctor is Sick

  
  Anderson Brown's Literary Blog — Authority: 99
  Anthony Burgesss 1960 novel The Doctor is Sick is relatively early and more autobiographical than most of his 30-odd novels. As Burgess told the story, his collapse while teaching in Brunei and subsequent diagnosis of a brain tumor, which led to his repatriation to England and further time in a neurological ward ...
  5 days ago

• Alexs News Picks: November 10th

  
  Get Venture: Venture Made Transparent — Authority: 122
  Running a startup outside of the Valley Can Startups Save the World? Startups vs. GDP/Capita   When someone amazing leaves the company   Why most VCs don’t sign NDAs    Curse Of The New HQ  
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• I allegedly dont understand the word "allegedly." Allegedly.

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 652
  I am confused as to the use of the word "allegedly" and why it is used outside of a strictly legal sense (in the media for example)? For instance, with this most recent shooting in Texas, there are obviously dozens of eye witnesses, only one suspect under consideration, no one is going to argue in court that someone ...
  5 days ago

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