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Alfredo Pereira

Facebook | Linguistics - 0 views

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    "The Linguistics group is a contact point for converging minds--linguistics/language enthusiasts, researchers, students, and teachers--wherein useful, productive, and enlightening exchanges take place; it's an effort to create cohesion in the worldwide linguistics/language community."
Alfredo Pereira

A Walk in the WoRds - 0 views

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    A linguistic tour for people who love having fun with words and language. A place to share interesting linguistic observations regarding sound, meaning and structure. A place to share linguistic rants and raves. A place to walk in the words.
Alfredo Pereira

10 Modern Cases of Linguistic Genocide | Listverse - 0 views

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    "Linguistic genocide has frequently been used throughout history to systematically eradicate languages for one reason or another. Sometimes it's to assert the authority of a ruling power, sometimes it's an attempt to assimilate an ethnic minority, and sometimes it's to provide "linguistic unity." In modern times (the past 200 years, for this list) it has been a major cause for the decline of a number of languages"
Alfredo Pereira

Wordorigins | Etymology - 0 views

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    Wordorigins.org is devoted to the origins of words and phrases, or as a linguist would put it, to etymology. Etymology is the study of word origins. (
Alfredo Pereira

Twitter | Langology - 0 views

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    Fun with #language, language and linguistic news, links, events, research and more.
Alfredo Pereira

Facebook | Lietuvių kalba - Lithuanian language - 0 views

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    "Lithuanian still retains many of the original features of the nominal morphology found in the common ancestors of the Indo-European languages, and has therefore been the focus of much study in the area of Indo-European linguistics."
Alfredo Pereira

Disappearing languages impact cultures around the world | Worldfocus - 0 views

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    "Linguists predict that over half of the almost 7,000 languages spoken in the world today will disappear by the end of the century. According to Ethnologue, 473 languages currently are close to extinction. In the Americas alone, 182 are endangered. The Rosetta Project created this map to highlight the near-extinct languages in Africa and the Americas. They are working to update the map to include the entire world."
Alfredo Pereira

Wade Davis on endangered cultures | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.
Alfredo Pereira

Erin McKean redefines the dictionary | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways today's print dictionary is poised for transformation.
Alfredo Pereira

Australian voices | Languages in Australia - 0 views

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    Great Page on Australian language, Australian English, Aboriginal English, and if you are Australian you are invited to record your voice to contribute to their research.
Alfredo Pereira

Enduring Voices Project | National Geographic - 0 views

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    Learn about National Geographic's Enduring Voices Project, working to document endangered languages. Get language facts, photos, map, and more.
Alfredo Pereira

FORA.tv | Daniel Everett: Endangered Languages - 0 views

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    Professor Daniel Everett, author of Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, discusses the importance of preserving dying languages. He describes his experience living with the Piraha people in Brazil, and explores what Piraha, both the people and the language, can teach us about human nature.
Alfredo Pereira

Phonetics | The sounds of American English - 0 views

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    This site contains animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of English, German and Spanish
Alfredo Pereira

Steven Pinker on language and thought | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    "In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize."
Alfredo Pereira

Sorosoro | Pour que vivent les langues du monde ! - 0 views

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    Las lenguas del mundo / Language Planisphere
Alfredo Pereira

Found in Translation - Language experience in Berkeley - 0 views

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    This is an open blog for and by students, teachers, and others who share a fascination with language. If you find yourself inspired, please join the community and tell your story! Be sure to watch this digital story about our blog.
Alfredo Pereira

Speech Accent Archive - 0 views

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    The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers
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