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• 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]
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• Video: How to Learn French for Free Online with General Resources, Exercises, Games, Interactive Tools, Radio, TV, Podcasts

  
  Free Language - Lessons, Podcasts, Courses, Audio, Video, Articles, Study, Learn, Teach, Translation, Children/Kids, Teens, Adults — Authority: 119
  Summary Welcome to Free Languages whirlwind tour about learning French online for free. This is the third video screencast about learning languages for free. See all of them here . This video will take you through some top essential resources for learning French for free online. View the links below the video to ...
  2 days ago

• Phonemetry - The Schwa

  
  A Walk in the WoRds — Authority: 120
  Phoneme + Poetry = poetry about phonemes A curvaceous young phoneme called schwa Said "I never feel strong. Its bizarre! Im retiring and meek And I always sound weak But in frequency counts - Im the star!" from One Stop English I saw this poem while looking for additional IPA resources for my ...
  3 days ago

• Can you read yet, little boy?

  
  Javaline — Authority: 117
  My 4yo is interested in reading. He had some exposure to phonetics at his Montessori * daycare, and I picked up on that method at home with him. He left that daycare when he joined the public school system in September and entered Junior Kindergarten. And he likes it there…but he is not interested in sitting ...
  4 days ago

• Phonetics quiz

  
  Language Log — Authority: 659
  What language is this? Heres a bit more context: And some more: You might have figured out by now that its speech played backwards.  The original was part of a question that Kurt Andersen addressed to Richard Powers in an interview discussed here a few days ago: I think its especially interesting how ...
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• Reverse English

  
  Language Log — Authority: 659
  Just in case you havent seen this: I associate this sort of thing, from long ago pre-internet days, with Ian Catford, who was able to do this for new phrases more or less on demand. My experience with his displays of this ability go back so far that the preferred way to demonstrate it was to play a reel-to-reel ...
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• More excitement

  
  Language Log — Authority: 659
  In the days following my accidental Annie Lennox sighting in Edinburgh, a gorgeous picture of the honoree in her doctoral robes was published, and I have added it here ; dont miss it. And (returning to phonology) Julian Bradfield (who normally studies things like fixpoint logic and concurrent programming, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Prisencolinensinainciusol

  
  Language Log — Authority: 659
  Before there was yaourter , there was Prisencolinensinainciusol , an amazing 1972 double-talk proto-rap by Adriano Celentano , channeling the Elvis of some parallel universe: Heres the earlier (?) black-and-white sound-stage version, with a nice harmonica solo at the end: And a more recent TV version, in which ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sharing Learning: Virtual Social Networking Conferences in …

  
  New Web 2.0 Magazine — Authority: 453
  I think it will be a great experience to have the opportunity to discuss about the concepts and theories around social networks , communities of practice, the Web 2.0, experiences in the classroom, as well as about the use, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Excitement

  
  Language Log — Authority: 659
  People probably imagine that the life of a linguistics professor is moderately dull. Think about language; sit at desk, type stuff; go to classroom, teach stuff; go to lunch, eat stuff; repeat… But no, in actual fact my life as a professor at the University of Edinburgh is one of thrills and excitement. ...
  3 weeks ago

• That is Phonetically (ab)Surd

  
  A Walk in the WoRds — Authority: 120
  Just recently I heard the word "surd" for the first time. My initial thought was that it was a slang-like shortening of the word "absurd". How wrong I was. According to Answers.com , the word "surd" has the following two definitions: 1. Mathematics. An irrational number, such as √2. 2. Linguistics. A voiceless ...
  3 weeks ago

• Put the Rhyme in the Syllable

  
  A Walk in the WoRds — Authority: 120
  If it wasnt for the internal structure of syllables , beautifully humorous poetry (the likes of below from Toothpaste for Dinner ) would not be possible. Onset...Nucleus...Coda___Onset...Nucleus...Coda___Onset...Nucleus...Coda ...
  4 weeks ago

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