Theme : language
- Instant messaging 'a linguistic renaissance' for teens - tech - 15 May 2008 - New Scientist Tech Instant messaging 'a linguistic renaissance' for teens - tech - 15 May 2008 - New Scientist Tech from : petebradwell 16th May 2008
- International Quidditch Just a brief post to draw attention to this article in the Guardian.Apparently, the English language version of the last instalment of the Harry Potter saga sells more overseas than in the UK - people don't want to wait for the translation. A million copies were sold last month in Germany alone, and the Chinese love it, racking up a number of pre-orders 200% higher than the last one.Apart from wizard-fever, this shows how important popular culture is in relation to the globalisation of... from : samjones 19th September 2007
- Culture Flows Through English Channels, but Not for Long - An article from Wired suggesting that one of the challenges to cultural diversity lies in the media dominance of the English language. from : samjones 13th April 2007
- Democtionary We've just launched the pamphlet As You Like It: Catching up in an age of global English. In it, we argue that Engish has developed around the world into something called 'global Engish' - which is best described as a family of language rather than one, single language with roots in one particular space.There are lots of different forms spoken around the world, for lots of different purposes - people use English to communicate for business; some have taken on the language and developed... from : petebradwell 15th March 2007
- Grammar course for Tefl teachers launched A course that allows people to brush up on their grammar before taking an English language teaching course is being launched. from : markfuller 14th March 2007
- As You Like It Around the world, the way that English is used has come to reflect the changing powers of globalisation; it is spoken in different ways, by different people, for different purposes. The UK has developed an unsustainable complacency to its native tongue. Opportunity and influence remain tied to English, but As You Like It argues that native speakers are at risk of being left behind. from : markfuller 14th March 2007
- "Je veux go" - Launching As You Like It Lots of interesting stories about languages recently. Perhaps most interesting was a report on the BBC website on the emergence of a new language in Cameroon: frananglais. It's a mixture, apparently, of French, English and Creole, and has been causing teachers there some consternation. Interesting stuff, and especially for us perhaps; Sam and I have just finished writing As You Like It... from : petebradwell 28th February 2007
- Language Log: Ineffability Vocabulary and expression - am I inarticulate because I don't know enough words? Is there an optimally efficient pool of vocab for each person? from : petebradwell 21st September 2006
- Language Log: On Prescriptivism Mistakes and language from : petebradwell 18th September 2006
- Framing the Dems - George Lakoff. "Democrats have been subject to a major fallacy: Voters are lined up left to right according to their views on issues...But the Republicans have not been getting more voters by moving to the left. What they do is stick to their strict ideology and activate their model among swing voters who have both models. They do this by being clear and issuing consistent messages framed in terms of conservative values. The moral is this: Voters are not on a left-to-right line; there is no middle." from : duncanoleary 11th August 2006
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