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Language Centres Set Up All Over the Country
KIGALI, RWANDA–Following the move by the government making English the language of instruction in all schools, centres have been established across the country that will facilitate students and … more →
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Language Centres Set Up All Over the Country
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: KIGALI, RWANDA–Following the move by the government making English the language of instruction … more →
The Top Ten Linguists
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LEXIOPHILES–Broadly defined, linguist is someone who is engaged in the study of human language … more →
'Other English(es)' teachers
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA–The days of “The Queen’s English” are long since past. En … more →
Where are all those British collective plurals?
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LANGUAGE LOG–I have some things to say about markedness, variation, and the role of habits in … more →
BRITISH COLLECTIVE PLURALS
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LANGUAGE HAT–Most of us probably have a general sense that U.K. usage favors “the [group … more →
Rwanda: English Language Teaching Kicks Off
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: KIGALI, RWANDA–The recent government decision to use English as the language of instruction ha … more →
Voter Suing Over Spanish Language Ballots
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: DELTONA, FL–Volusia County’s Supervisor of Elections is being sued by a voter who says b … more →
Legal moves snarl English-only proposal
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: NASHVILLE, TN–A judge could decide early next week whether to block a vote on an amendment tha … more →
English trumps Chinese as top business language in Hong Kong
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: HONG KONG, CHINA–Eleven years after it ceased to be a British colony, English remains the most … more →
AMATEUR LINGUISTICS
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LANGUAGE HAT–Andrey Zaliznyak, a Russian historical linguist, gave a talk last month “On … more →
BANNING LATIN
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LANGUAGE HAT–My initial thought was that this Telegraph story must be a joke, but since it quo … more →
Reconsidering Authority in Wikipedia World
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION–Simson Garfinkel takes a look at authority and sourcing in W … more →
Top List of the hardest languages to learn
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LEXIOPHILES–There are some controversial questions which to some extent may never be satisfact … more →
Bad language
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LANGUAGE LOG–I recently objected to Louis Menand’s assertion that “[P]rofessional … more →
Every little (bit?) helps
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LANGUAGE LOG–The Tesco supermarket company defines its values by a slogan that, as my American … more →
Menand on linguistic morality
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LANGUAGE LOG–Louis Menand (“Thumbspeak“, The New Yorker, 10/20/2008) aims a gibe a … more →
No judgements: Global Language Monitor tracks political buzzwords, filters through Obamarama and surges out of the quagmire
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: BABBEL BLOG–After posting last week about the CNN story proclaiming that Sarah Palin spoke at … more →
The unstoppable rise of the English language
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: FREDRICTON, CANADA–Just over half of Africa’s 52 countries speak French, but the number … more →
Empathetic -in'
John Brezinsky wrote 1 year ago: LANGUAGE LOG–In a recent exchange (“Pinker on Palin’s ‘nucular’“ … more →
