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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #15 May / June 2015
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How Do You Say It?
A new language means new words, new grammar, and new sounds. But how do learn to pronounce those new sounds if you only have written resources? We look at some common sound notation systems.
Of Pidgins and Creoles
Just like any living creature, languages grow, evolve, and die. Did you also know they can also be born and grow in a natural way, without being created by a single person? Such is the life of pidgins and creoles.
Who Are You To Learn A Language?
Are you having a problem learning a new language? Do you believe that you just aren't capable of learning one? Guest writer and neurolinguist Jimmy Mello has some advice for you!
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Sounds Like
Most of the time, when we talk about learning a language, we emphasize the importance of vocabulary and grammar. But what about being able to say what we learn?
At the Cinema
Dil Chahta Hai
Three friends find their path to love in their own way in the Bollywood romantic comedy, Dil Chahta Hai.
Languages in Peril
Yumans on the Edge
On the south western border of the US, in a region of Mexico known as Baja California, the Yuman languages are struggling to survive. Cochimí is already extinct, and its...
Words in Your Mouth
Egg
Like eggs, etymologies can also be scrambled sometimes. Find the history of the word in many languages.
Where Are You?
Guess the city and country from the article and picture.
Book Look
A short review of language related books.
IN OTHER ISSUES
Why Fluent English Language is Important for Business
Speaking English fluently is an important part of handling successful business transactions around the world. Guest writer Ben Russel speaks about this and how fluent Eng...
Religion in Culture
While we recognize people have many different religious views, or none at all, we sometimes overlook the way religion forms much of the culture around us.
Google Translate Exposed:
The Truth Behind Everyone's Favorite Translator
While being the most used machine translation service in the world, Google Translate has both good and bad aspects. Guest writer Paul pulls back the digital curtain to sh...
Can a Language Die?
We talk about languages dying and becoming extinct, as if they were creatures. While that is a romantic notion, a language is not really alive, so how can it die?
Special Feature
Avoiuli
Cultures and languages influence each other, but how often does a cultural practice become a form of writing a language? On the island nation of Vanuatu, this has happene...
Language and Power: The Hidden Struggle
Between any two people, there is normally some kind of difference in power, usually related to status or position. Olivier Elzingre examines how this plays out through la...
Revisited
Slang
English slang develops in many ways, even adopting and distorting words from other languages. We look back to an article from almost one hundred years ago to see how accu...
Liber Linteus
Mummified Language
The Egyptians liked to preserve things, as can be seen with their pyramids and mummies. Something else they preserved, although by accident, is the longest piece of Etrus...
