| Letter From the Editor |
| Writer: | Erik Zidowecki |
| Images: |
| Spunky: Bismarck Tower Höxter (Germany) |
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| Triple Cypher - Rosetta Stone |
| Writer: | Lucille Martin |
| Images: |
| Jon Sullivan: Hieroglyphics (black wall) |
| dariuszman: Hieroglyphics (carved) |
| Jastrow: Tetradrachm Ptolemy V |
| Sebi: Cartouches |
| Matija Podhraški: Rosetta Stone (on display) |
| cleomedes: top (Hieroglyphics wall) |
| TheEgyptian (Amr Fayez): Canons in Rosetta |
| Florian Prischl: Hikers in Sinai Desert valley |
| Petey: Loyalist Teaching, Coptic script, Campaign Map, Troops in Rosetta, Rosetta_Stone, Thomas_Young, Jean-Francois Champollion, Champollion_notebook, Rosetta Stone at International Congress |
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| Sources: |
| • "Mr. Rowlings Rosetta Stone Page." Browse the World MrDowling.com September 6, 2009. <http://www.mrdowling.com/604-rosettastone.html> |
| • "Story." The British Museum. September 6, 2009. <http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html> |
| • "The Story of the Rosetta Stone, 'Finding a Lost Language'." Minnesota State University. September 6, 2009. <http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/hieroglyphics/rosettastone.html> |
| • "The Rosetta Stone." Chrystallinks. September 6, 2009. <http://www.crystalinks.com/rosetta.html> |
| • "The Rosetta Stone." Egyptology Online. September 6, 2009. <http://www.egyptologyonline.com/rosetta_stone.htm> |
| • "Pharoh's Exhibition." The Cleveland Museum Of Art. September 6, 2009. <http://www.clevelandart.org/glyphs.html> |
| • "How the Rosetta Stone Works." Keener, Candace - howstufworks. September 6, 2009. <http://history.howstuffworks.com/rosetta-stone.htm> |
| • "Rosetta Stone." NationMaster.com. September 6, 2009. <http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Rosetta-Stone> |
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| Ferdinand de Saussure - Signs of Language |
| Writer: | Sofia Ozols |
| Images: |
| DeeJer: Geneva Lake (top) |
| Sylenius: Entrance to University of Geneva |
| Petey: Ferdinand de Saussure 1, Leipzig University, Karl Brugmann |
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| Sources: |
| • "Ferdinand de Saussure - Definition." Word IQ.com. September 6, 2009. <http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Ferdinand_de_Saussure> |
| • "Biographical sketch of Ferdinand de Saussure." Kemmer, Suzanne. September 6, 2009. <http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Found/saussurebio.html> |
| • "Ferdinand de Saussure." Answers.com. September 6, 2009. <http://www.answers.com/topic/ferdinand-de-saussure> |
| • "Ferdinand de Saussure." Nation Master.com. September 6, 2009. <http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Ferdinand-de-Saussure> |
| • "de Saussure, Ferdinand." New World Encyclopedia. September 6, 2009. <http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ferdinand_de_Saussure> |
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| At The Cinema - L'auberge Espagnole |
| Writer: | Erik Zidowecki |
| Sources: |
| • "L'auberge Espagnole" Internet Movie Database (IMDB) <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283900> |
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| All images are copyright Fox Searchlight Pictures and the producers of the film. |
| Languages in Peril - The Finno-Ugrics |
| Writer: | Luke Delgado |
| Images: |
| Robert Weemeyer: Nenets family |
| Dr. A. Hugentobler: Nenets children on sled |
| Petey: Title scene, Do not Disturb sign, Veps reading book |
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| Sources: |
| • "Veps Language" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veps_language> |
| • "Nenets Languages" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nenets_languages> |
| • "Komi Language" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi_language> |
| • "Veps" Omniglot <http://www.omniglot.com/writing/veps.htm> |
| • "Nenets" Omniglot <http://www.omniglot.com/writing/nenets.htm> |
| • "Old Permic alphabet" Omniglot <http://www.omniglot.com/writing/oldpermic.htm> |
| • The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire <http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/introduction.shtml> |
| • "Tundra Nenets" Salminen, Tapani <http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/sketch.html#intro> |
| • "List of endangered languages in Russia" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_endangered_languages_in_Russia> |
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| Word on the Streets - The Russian Zone |
| Writer: | Sofia Ozols |
| Images: |
| Petey: Onion domes, Lermontov, Bunin, Krylov |
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| Sources: |
| • "Mikhail Lermontov" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Lermontov> |
| • "Prominent Russians: Mikhail Lermontov" Russiapedia <http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/literature/mikhail-lermontov/> |
| • "M. Iu. Lermontov" Poet Page <http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Demo/poetpage/lermontov.html> |
| • "Ivan Bunin" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Bunin> |
| • "Prominent Russians: Ivan Bunin" Russiapedia <http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/literature/ivan-bunin/> |
| • "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1933 Ivan Bunin" Nobelprize.org <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1933/bunin-autobio.html> |
| • "Ivan Krylov" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Krylov> |
| • "Prominent Russians: Ivan Krylov" Russiapedia <http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/literature/ivan-krylov/> |
| • "Ivan (Andreyevich) Krylov" books and writers <http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/krylov.htm> |
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| Where Are You? |
| Writer: | Sonja Krüger |
| Celebrations - Day of the Dead |
| Writer: | Sonja Krüger |
| Images: |
| Tomascastelazo: Skulls title, Graveyard visit |
| Steve Bridger from Bristol, UK: Family altar |
| Eneas de Troya: Cemetary |
| Thelmadatter: Catrina costume |
| Stu Spivack: Bread of the Dead |
| karoly czifra: Cemetary in Budapest |
| ardelfin: Hillside shrines |
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| Sources: |
| • "Day of the Dead" Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead> |
| • "Day of the Dead" azcentral.com <http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-history.html> |
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| Revisited - Slang |
| Writer: | Elizabeth O'Neill |
| Images: |
| Radomil: Efez Curetes street (top) |
| stu spivack: mamalade and bagel |
| jessica poli: taxis in times square |
| Vince Alongi: gaucho encounters |
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| Sources: |
| • "Slang" Stories That Words Tell Us Elizabeth O'Neill, M.A. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd. 35 Paternoster Row, E.C. And Edinburgh 1918 |
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| We Are The Linguists |
| Writer: | Erik Zidowecki |
| All images and lyrics are Copyright © 2010 by the professors and students of the Theoretical Linguistics program at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. |
| Language Learning Methods - Audio |
| Writer: | Erik Zidowecki |
| Images: |
| Matúš Petrila: CD on table (top) |
| Chris Chidsey: girl listening to mp3 player |
| Aldert Grey: iPod 4G |
| Petey: shortwave radio, record player |
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| Sections - Journals |
| Writer: | Erik Zidowecki |
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