Category: Cultura
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A Map of Languages, Dead and Dying
therumpus.netA Map of Languages, Dead and Dying – The RumpusI sometimes wonder if this very search to understand my family’s history, the context out of which I emerged, only feeds into this false sense of separateness. Perhaps it only doubles down on this “us vs. them” way of looking at the world, further entrenching the divides between us, based on the lie that we are somehow different from each other because we have this history or you have that one, we speak this language and you speak that one, we follow this set of customs and you follow that set of customs. -
Se han reducido a 7 mil 500 las lenguas utilizadas a escala mundial, revela estudio
www.jornada.com.mxSe han reducido a 7 mil 500 las lenguas utilizadas a escala mundial, revela estudioInvestigadores utilizaron modelos matemáticos y conocimientos de antropología, lingüística y demografía para estimar el número de lenguas utilizadas en todo el mundo hace unos 12 mil años, hacia el final de la última Edad de Hielo, abarcando un periodo denominado “época del Holoceno”. -
A Handy Guide to Language Pitfalls, by Rob Kyff
www.creators.comA Handy Guide to Language Pitfalls, by Rob KyffOn my desk I keep a list of tiny quirks of spelling, usage and meaning that often bedevil me. Perhaps my eclectic compilation will come in handy for you as well: — Katharine Hepburn, not Katherine — Smokey Bear, not Smokey the Bear or Smoky Bear — Frederick Douglass (abolitionist), Stephen Douglas (U.
