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An odd bit of indexing news regarding the New Yorker article on linguistics. As you can tell from my post, and certainly from the article itself, it's primarily about linguistics and language. It's also tangentially about Christianity, as Everett first went to live with the Pirahã in the mid-1970s to be a missionary with his then-wife.
I read the article through an alert I set up with Nexis®, which has provided some accompanying "smart indexing" terms.
This is what Nexis® thinks the article is about:
SUBJECT: CHRISTIANS & CHRISTIANITY (90%); RELIGION (90%); RIVERS (89%); RAIN FORESTS (78%)
Um, linguistics anyone? Language?
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what is this carbonated beverage? Do you call it "pop"? "soda"? a brand name soda pop? I ran across a linguistics map showing who calls it what: Read about it at the Strange Maps blog, The Pop Vs Soda Map. They cite an article by Luanne von Schneidemesser,...
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Fun podcast recently from Science Friday about"a plan to preserve dying languages before they disappear entirely. The National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Smithsonian institution are planning approximately $2 million...
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Heard an interview with linguistic anthropologist Dan Everett (mp3) on "Sci Pod", New Scientist's podcast. Everett talks about the Piraha (pronounced "pita ha", best I can tell without a phonetic alphabet) people's lack of words for numbers and...
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An odd bit of indexing news regarding the New Yorker article on linguistics. As you can tell from my post, and certainly from the article itself, it's primarily about linguistics and language. It's also tangentially about Christianity, as Everett first went to live with the Pirahã in the mid-1970s to be a missionary with his then-wife.
I read the article through an alert I set up with Nexis®, which has provided some accompanying "smart indexing" terms.
This is what Nexis® thinks the article is about:
SUBJECT: CHRISTIANS & CHRISTIANITY (90%); RELIGION (90%); RIVERS (89%); RAIN FORESTS (78%)
Um, linguistics anyone? Language?
- Soda Or Pop?
what is this carbonated beverage? Do you call it "pop"? "soda"? a brand name soda pop? I ran across a linguistics map showing who calls it what: Read about it at the Strange Maps blog, The Pop Vs Soda Map. They cite an article by Luanne von Schneidemesser,...
- Preserving Languages
Fun podcast recently from Science Friday about"a plan to preserve dying languages before they disappear entirely. The National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Smithsonian institution are planning approximately $2 million...
- A Linguistic Anthropologist In Brazil
Heard an interview with linguistic anthropologist Dan Everett (mp3) on "Sci Pod", New Scientist's podcast. Everett talks about the Piraha (pronounced "pita ha", best I can tell without a phonetic alphabet) people's lack of words for numbers and...
- Hot Topic: Origin Of Language
The CSA database provides summary info. about the origin of language, entitled Language Origins: Did Language Evolve Like the Vertebrate Eye, or Was It More Like Bird Feathers?. Includes a several page summary, citations, web sites, and a glossary. In...
- Meg Lab Manager Position With The Department Of Linguistics
MEG Laboratory Manager Department of Linguistics University of Maryland Responsibilities: The Lab Manager will play a leading role in the operation of the MEG (Magnetoencephalography) facility managed by the Department of Linguistics but serving...