Theme : language
- The Observer | Comment | Suddenly, we all want to speak in tongues Article on the apparent trend in British people learning languages. My favourite line - 'the government...is discovering its inner Chomsky...' from : petebradwell 24th July 2006
- The Murder of the English Language A key area in thinking about the future of the English language is that of standards - the maintenance of the base rules of grammar and punctuation that define a 'proper' language.To what extent can the UK claim to be the standard-bearer for a particularly authentic English language? Why would it? What are the benefits? What do we gain or lose from abandoning the strictures of an official language?And there's a further set of problems, based around the links between those standards and a... from : petebradwell 21st July 2006
- Xinhua - English Launch of an English-language China Economist magazine - designed to 'stimulate dialogue between Chinese and foreign business and economic circles'. from : petebradwell 21st July 2006
- Global English Essay on 'Global English' - what it is, what it means - whether it exists. from : petebradwell 20th July 2006
- English grip on internet being eroded from Guardian Unlimited: Technology Blog post on English and the internet. from : petebradwell 17th July 2006
- Watch out for word bursts Interesting article about some new research on 'word bursts' in New Scientist. This is basically collecting data about the frequency with which words are used."...the method could be applied to weblogs to track new social trends. For example, identifying word bursts in the hundreds of thousands of personal diaries now on the web could help advertisers quickly spot an emerging craze."I've been thinking about adding a similar feature to the Greenhouse to give us some idea about our own... from : paulmiller 20th February 2003
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