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Indonesian Anda
Indonesian is a young language. And some time ago I was commenting about pronouns. The use of anda in Indonesian is very interesting. I found this and thought of posting it.There are many words for 'you' in Indonesia. Anda is the one that most closel...
Le français langue officielle européenne
Yes, there is also a French version of the "ortography reform" story. Here it is:Bruxelles, 8 déc. (AFP) - La Commission Européenne a finalement tranché,après la monnaie unique, l'Union Européenne va se doter d'une langue unique, à savoir... l...
Reformas ortográficas
This is like the dream of some people I know. But let me say it now: I think they suck big time.Anyway, this is another funny thing:La Real Academia de la Lengua dará a conocer próximamente la reforma modelo 2000 de la ortografía española que tie...
Semantic priming
I was reading about the Keki language (which is material for a future post) and I stummbled upon the term semantic priming. The clearest explanation I've been able to find so far is this one, in a reseach by Hutchison and Balota:Human languages are t...
Ongoing action reseach project
First of all, thanks for volunteering. I am doing this because I need some data about student's vocabulary for my action research project (check here if you want to know more about action research).For those who will dare to be part of this project, ...
Cambridge exams in English language
More than 2 million people in 130 countries take one of the many Cambridge exams. The most popular ones are the First Certificate in English (FCE) and the Certificate of Proficency in English (CAE).I've seen peopleo who are not sure about what exam w...

