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Speaking Easy

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Language learning, language loving, links, resources, advice, and maybe a bit of linguistics here and there.

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  • Name That Japanese Cover Band

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 08:53 in japanese, linguistics

    [Photo credit] When one language borrows words from another, the borrowed item undergoes certain changes. For example, a word's semantic range may expand or contract. In English, cool can mean a whole range of positive things when describing a person...

  • Adults Do Not Learn Languages Just Like Babies

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 12:59 in linguistics, language learning myths

    [Photo credit] The affirmative variety of this statement is one of those things I either see suggested, or outright claimed, in various venues of language learning (ooh, double consonance), whether it's live instruction, software, or books and audio...

  • Comprehensive Spanish Grammar Summary

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 16:25 in Spanish, learning resources, grammar

    [Photo credit] Click here for a very comprehensive Spanish grammar summary, provided by Living Language. It's got everything from pronunciation, spelling, and punctuation to gender, articles, adjective agreement, pronouns, and verb conjugation tables...

  • Hindi Script Tutor

    Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 11:38 in learning resources, hindi

    [Photo credit] This Devanagari script tutor is a great online tool for students of Hindi (or other languages using the Devanagari script, of course.) It breaks down the consonants, vowels, and conjunct characters, not only showing animation of how to...

  • Yankees Fans, Deixis, and The Canyon of Heroes

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 09:30 in english, linguistics

    [pic] This morning, on my way to work, I learned that you can clear out an entire train with a deictic expression. For non-linguists, deixis (dike-siss) refers to words, phrases, or even morphemes that do not have a fixed meaning, but rather a contex...

  • In Defense of George H. W. Bush

    Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 15:58 in english

    [Photo credit] I never thought I'd type such a thing, but a) I'm talking about Daddy, not Junior, and b) I'll restrict myself to language issues. As reported here, Bush the Elder is not pleased with the level of discourse in the nation. And who would...

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5 stars harvey

Quite a promising blog. Right up my alley of interests.

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