Keeping Basque speakers—and making more — Loving Language
After the Basque class this summer, I had an opportunity to speak with the teacher, Txili Lauzirika. He is a native speaker of Euskara (Basque), with a passion for the […]
Archivo de la categoría: LINGUISTICS
In Simon Sinek’s TEDx Talk, “How great leaders inspire action”, he posits that great ideas begin not with the “What,” but with the “Why” and then the “How.” That is, […]
By raising the prestige of the languages spoken in our schools, we augment the ability of all of our students to learn languages. Children figure out how to do what […]
PROPER WRITING
by Jan Priddy Some years ago in a writing workshop, twelve people sat around a broad conference table arguing about the word “whispered.” The text we were looking at had […]
Can the airport stay multilingual?
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Airports are great for languages. How do we use them to teach? I recently blogged about traveling through the Denver airport, and the languages that I…
Preserving Somali in Minnesota
Originalmente publicado en Loving Language:
How will we nurture the languages of the next generation? When we think of preserving language, we think of the last speakers of the language.…
Chomsky, linguistics, and justice: No “pure” language
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You can’t keep languages pure. They always adapt. This post concludes the 4 points I learned about people from the linguistic theories of Prof. Noam Chomsky.…
