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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #15 May / June 2015
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FEATURED
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
Revisited
Legends of Maui - Maui's Home
Maui is a demi god who is a major figure in the mythology of the Pacific nations. This article talks about his origins and his home.
Lasciare Andare –
Learning Italian And The Art Of Letting Go
Some people were born in the wrong country and life finds a way to correct this. Author Melissa Muldoon tells how she has adopted Italy.
A Peek into Pinyin
Languages with non-Latin alphabets are often a major concern for language learners. The process of converting a non-Latin alphabet into something familiar is called "Roma...
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...
Languages in Peril
Save Medan Hokkien!
Guest writer Teddy Nee talks about the endangered language of Medan Hokkien and it's importance to him personally.
Revisted
The Faroe Islands
The is a reprint of a chapter from "An American in Iceland", when the author visted Iceland, the Faroe Islands, the Orkney Islands, and the Shetland Islands in 1874.
Danish and Faroese: A Biography
The primary language of a country is not always easily decided upon; sometimes, two languages compete for dominance. In the Faroe Islands, historically under Danish rule,...
New Souls
A story of breaking through in language listening... and getting a new soul.
