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“I’m not a guy,” the instructor said. She was answering a student presenter who called the class “you guys.”* He paused and blinked. But “you guys” came tumbling out moments later. 
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German speakers tend to perceive bridges, which are feminine in German, as ‘elegant’, ‘fragile’, and ‘pretty’, while Spanish speakers, for whom bridges are masculine, favored adjectives such as ‘big’, ‘strong’, and ‘sturdy.’ Via Olaf Husby
Olaf Husby's curator insight,
March 8, 2018 7:31 AM
Og hva skulle dette bety for konnotasjoner til "en/ei bru/bro"?
"German speakers tend to perceive bridges, which are feminine in German, as ‘elegant’, ‘fragile’, and ‘pretty’, while Spanish speakers, for whom bridges are masculine, favored adjectives such as ‘big’, ‘strong’, and ‘sturdy.’"
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A daily joke in English phonetic / phonemic transcription with recordings and commentary for learners.
Via Marina N. Cantarutti, Olaf Husby
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Dan Jurafsky, Christopher Manning Stanford University
Start: : To Be Announced (8 weeks)
In this class, you will learn fundamental algorithms and mathematical models for processing natural language, and how these can be used to solve practical problems.
This course covers a broad range of topics in natural language processing, including word and sentence tokenization, text classification and sentiment analysis, spelling correction, information extraction, parsing, meaning extraction, and question answering, We will also introduce the underlying theory from probability, statistics, and machine learning that are crucial for the field, and cover fundamental algorithms like n-gram language modeling, naive bayes and maxent classifiers, sequence models like Hidden Markov Models, probabilistic dependency and constituent parsing, and vector-space models of meaning.
We are offering this course on Natural Language Processing free and online to students worldwide, continuing Stanford's exciting forays into large scale online instruction. Students have access to screencast lecture videos, are given quiz questions, assignments and exams, receive regular feedback on progress, and can participate in a discussion forum. Those who successfully complete the course will receive a statement of accomplishment. Taught by Professors Jurafsky and Manning, the curriculum draws from Stanford's courses in Natural Language Processing. You will need a decent internet connection for accessing course materials, but should be able to watch the videos on your smartphone. Via Dr. Stefan Gruenwald
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Where did the Uto-Aztecan language originate? An interdisciplinary research project looked at a set of 100 words to understand the sound sequences of this language. Via Olaf Husby
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According to Glossika CEO Michael Campbell, machine learning algorithms mean there’s “no need for language experts to figure out what to teach in what order – our AI figures out the complexity and sorting of any language automatically.” Via LT-Innovate, Olaf Husby
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December 2, 2017 5:03 AM
About time someone started disrupting language learning with ML. Will it succeed where suggestopedia, sleep learning, and all the other tricks presumably failed?
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Sign languages have accents, just like vocal languages. Gallaudet linguistics professor Julie Hochgesang demonstrates.
Via Marina N. Cantarutti, Olaf Husby
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The Commonest Speech Sounds: Prevalence Rates for Phonemes of the World
Via Marina N. Cantarutti, Olaf Husby
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"When I was invited to give a talk at Aquinas College on singular 'they,' I barely finished reading the invitation before saying yes. It never crossed my mind that a lecture on this kind of grammar topic might seem like a recipe for the pedantic or dull, until friends teased me about it later. (As Lingua Franca readers can imagine, given my multiple posts on the topic, I have at least an hour’s worth of thoughts on this pronoun and what is at stake in using it — or prohibiting its use.)."
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Professor Anne Curzan (University of Michigan), the blog originator, will be a plenary speaker at the upcoming MidTESOL Conference in Kansas City, Sept 28-29. Conference details at http://midtesol.org/midtesol-conference-2018/://midtesol.org/midtesol-conference-2018/. Curzan info at https://acurzan.english.lsa.umich.edu/.
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Hundreds of our languages are teetering on the brink of extinction, and as Rachel Nuwer discovers, we may lose more than just words if we allow them to die out
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November 2, 2017 10:46 AM
Languages convey identity and culture, if a language is lost, one part of our humanity essence is lost, since what makes us different from other species is the idea that we have rationale components and we are able to communicate with the languages. The articles expresses that in north america and europe many languages are not being learnt anymore, but this is not far from the Colombian context where more than 61 indigenous tribes exist and not even the third part of the population is still apprehending the language ,not even the same inhabitants of those cultures. Is the duty of us language teachers to deal with these endangered languages and cultures
Sara Astros Rojas's curator insight,
November 9, 2017 9:26 AM
Language is part of the culture of a country and also play a major role in the identity of a group of people. Language is part of the history and the evolution of human kind and it changes among the people who speaks that language. The fact that people stop talking those language involves losing part of the identity of country or a community.
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Stream Evolving English: Linguistics at the Library - Episode 2 by The British Library from desktop or your mobile device Via Marina N. Cantarutti, Olaf Husby
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More than one thousand words appeared in print for the first time in the explorers' journals.
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Finnish comedian Ismo thought "ass" just meant "butt." But that’s just the tip of assberg. More CONAN @ http://teamcoco.com/video Team Coco is the officia Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Currently, a growing number of teaching approaches focus on aspects of variation in language (e.g. ELF, World Englishes, ESP, genre theories, etc.); however, each of these approaches tends to focus on particular (specific) aspects of language
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Is it a good idea to try learning two languages at once? Will you get confused, spread yourself too thin or just forget what you've learned? Via Olaf Husby
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A first language isn’t an exclusive club designed to leave anyone out. For newcomers to North America, it’s a welcome beacon in a sea of uncertainty—a sea in which it feels like everyone else is in a clique they weren’t invited to join. Via Aurora Humarán, Olaf Husby
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Language Testing Video, language assessment video, language testing movies, language testing multimedia Via Marina N. Cantarutti, Olaf Husby
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A very long list of linguistics movies, documentaries, and TV show episodes Looking for linguistics and language-related films to watch? Mary Ann Walter, a linguist who runs a linguistics fil Via Aurora Humarán, Olaf Husby
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