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I am a translator and work with the following languages: Dutch, English, Spanish. I have always had to learn new languages.
languageguru
posted on Sep 28, 2006
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I heard the word dialog used as a verb in the context of "it is good that X is dialoging with them." How common is this pattern?... read entire post
languageguru
posted on Sep 23, 2006
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Many people will say what the heck if a language becomes extinct. Whar I want to do is to present this idea: What wisdom is recorded in the grammar, vocabulary, poetry, and myths of this language that has become extinct.... read entire post
languageguru
posted on Sep 15, 2006
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I overheard a teenage girl say that she was waitressing this summer. I also know a male wo works as a waiter. So I asked him if was "Waitering" What do you think of this pattern?... read entire post
languageguru
posted on Sep 15, 2006
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This is a project which involves a large collection of American English samples.The material is drawn from spoken and written American English. It is hoped that this will become a definitive record of contemporary American English.... read entire post
languageguru
posted on Sep 09, 2006
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One cause of the extinction of languages is when the last speaker of that language dies. There are languages in remote parts of the world that have only 50 speakers. In the case of the Celtic languages there are still a viable number of speakers and a num... read entire post
languageguru
posted on Sep 07, 2006
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There are nations where there are a number of official languages. The example of Belgium comes to mind. The official languages are Flemish and France. German is also spoken in Belgium close to the German border. I would like to pose the question if the Un... read entire post
languageguru
posted on Sep 04, 2006
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Linguistics is one of my many interests. This area of study was suggested to me as a field of study after my undergraduate studies. My undergraduate major was Spanish and my minor was English. I took a course in the English Department that was required of... read entire post
languageguru
posted on Sep 04, 2006
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I am in the process of building a dictionary to help me in my work as a translator. There was a need for this because of a lag of information between publication in a paper publication and actual usage. At one time there were only a few printed sources in... read entire post