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Because it’s language, everything goes!
Yesterday, I went to see Lilting at the cinema, a film about a Chinese-Cambodian mother living in London, whose homosexual son had died before coming out to her, and about her relationships with her son’s grieving lover as well as with … Continue reading
Posted in Language in general, Translation and Interpreting
Tagged biological gender, Filmhouse Edinburgh, gender, gendered languages, grammatical gender, in language studies everything goes, interpreting, Language, language and gender, panel discussion about language, Translation, University of Edinburgh, Watching Languages
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Why the Giraffe Riddle is Interesting
Over the past few days, a silly riddle, the so-called “Giraffe Riddle”, has gone viral on Facebook. The riddle goes like this: “3:00 am, the doorbell rings and you wake up. Unexpected visitors. It’s your parents and they are there … Continue reading
THE SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS
A lot of research into linguistic relativism revolves around questions which were once summarised in the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. This post consists of an essay I wrote a few years back when I was at university. It is a summary of … Continue reading
Posted in Science Stuff
Tagged different cultures, different languages, does language influence thought, does thought influence language, Eskimo language, Hopi language, Language, language and colour, language and colour perception, language and space, language and thought, language and time, Linguistic Relativism, linguistic relativity, Sapir, Sapir Whorf Hypothesis, spatial language, time perception, Whorf
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LANGUAGE WAS MY FIRST LOVE…
Language has always been with me. As long as I can remember. My earliest memory is that of my brother teaching me my first word – “Uhu”, the German word for “eagle owl” – showing me a picture of said … Continue reading
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