De veritat es parla català a l’Alguer?
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When a politician switches into different dialects it’s not necessarily pandering
Harris does this readily. In an address in Atlanta responding to “Lock him up” calls about Donald Trump, she said, “The courts are gonna handle that,” later working up the crowd by referring in pep-talk style to “Novem-buh.” In a speech in Michigan she mentioned that “We have...
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Que aumente el número de las que sepan leer, escribir y pensar
Periodismo
Ansón pertenece a la especie especialmente aborrecida del semiculto, víctima común del «deslumbramiento, entre decimonónico y subdesarrollado, que produce en las sociedades semicultas la posesión de un título universitario». Como presidente de la Asociación de la Prensa, Ansón quiere exigir un título universitario para ejercer el periodismo. Cree que...
Teach them to think
Don’t just teach your students to read. Teach them to question what they read, what they study. Teach them to doubt. Teach them to think.
Carta a Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Fuente: Epistolario.
Benimussa
—Le comprendo perfectamente. También a mí me gustan así. Y Formentera esta mañana era una verdadera gozada. —Esa isla es un paraíso. Y esta también tiene todavía sus rincones, no se crea, ¿ha estado usted por Benimussa, en el interior? —Entre ayer y hoy, del aeropuerto a la compañía y poco...
Sillyspeak: the Art of Making a Fake Language
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkvabx/sillyspeak-the-art-of-making-a-fake-language VOT-PEL-JIC-RUD. VOT-RUD-JIC-TAM. These aren’t word puzzles or acronym-making gone mad. Though the words are meaningless, they are sentences in a language—one of perhaps hundreds of miniature artificial languages that language scientists have created for their research.These mini-languages are to real languages what Matchboxes are to real cars. You...
A very long list of linguistics movies, documentaries, and TV show episodes
FUENTE: https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/164037692701/a-very-long-list-of-linguistics-movies Looking for linguistics and language-related films to watch? Mary Ann Walter, a linguist who runs a linguistics film series at Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus, has kindly forwarded her very extensive list of linguistically-relevant movies, documentaries, and episodes of TV shows, and given me permission to post...
25 Must-See Movies Featuring Linguists, Linguistics and Languages
Iceman (1984) Pontypool (2010) Ghost Warrior (1984) Ball of Fire (1941) Enemy Mine (1985) My Fair Lady (1964) Nell (1994) Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Stargate (1994) Windtalkers (2002) Finding Nemo (2016) Youth without Youth (2008) The Statue (1971) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser / Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974) On Top of the Whale / Het dak van de...
El 70 por 100 de los italianos es analfabeto
El 70 por 100 de los italianos es analfabeto. El porcentaje puede impresionar, pero puede pecar por defecto, porque la cifra real se aproxima al 80 por 100. Son personas que leen, discuten, escuchan, resuelven sus asuntos sin aparente dificultad, pero son analfabetos «funcionales», encontrándose en un área que...
Broca and Wernicke are dead – it’s time to rewrite the neurobiology of language
With the advancement of cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychological research, the field of language neurobiology is at a cross-roads with respect to its framing theories. The central thesis of this article is that the major historical framing model, the Classic “Wernicke-Lichtheim-Geschwind” model, and associated terminology, is no longer adequate for contemporary investigations...