Le français est devenu l’une des langues les moins chantantes au monde
Comme toutes les langues, le français a une musique qui lui est propre. Sauf que la sienne est assez plate –du moins dans sa version standard. Un article de Slate.fr
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N’importe quoi! Le terme ‘American’ peut être offensant.
Concord Monitor A “bias-free language guide” written by University of New Hampshire faculty has come under criticism from the school’s president and state officials. The guide, published in 2013, was meant to educate students and faculty about using “inclusive language” that does not stereotype individuals “or demean people based on personal characteristics” including gender, race,…
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A Loss for Words
Can a dying language be saved? By Judith Thurman New Yorker It is a singular fate to be the last of one’s kind. That is the fate of the men and women, nearly all of them elderly, who are—like Marie Wilcox, of California; Gyani Maiya Sen, of Nepal; Verdena Parker, of Oregon; and Charlie Mungulda,…
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Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms
Ralph Keyes Hardcover, 278 pages (Bibliothèque de Westmount) Originally used to avoid blasphemy, honor taboos, and make nice, euphemisms have become embedded in the fabric of our language. EUPHEMANIA traces the origins of euphemisms from a tool of the church to a form of gentility to today’s instrument of commercial, political, and postmodern doublespeak. —…
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Pour entendre 45 secondes de “Proto-Indo-Européen”
Archeology.com By the 19th century, linguists knew that all modern Indo-European languages descended from a single tongue. Called Proto-Indo-European, or PIE, it was spoken by a people who lived from roughly 4500 to 2500 B.C., and left no written texts. The question became, what did PIE sound like? In 1868, German linguist August Schleicher used reconstructed…
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Mon fils est autiste : j’ai pu le faire progresser grâce aux formations comportementales.
Anne-Sophie Ferry Chanteuse lyrique L’Obs (…) J’ai réussi à apaiser Tristan Le premier objectif était de le calmer : j’ai analysé, par des protocoles précis, la fonction des crises. Puis j’ai ignoré ses défis : je sortais de la pièce et ne revenais que pour le féliciter avec enthousiasme dès qu’il se calmait. Je remplaçais…
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Lingua.ly
There are an abundance of language learning programs on the market. Few of them, however, take advantage of the world wide web. Lingua.ly seeks to do just that. So far it is offered in English, Spanish, French, and Hebrew with the option to learn one of nine other languages. After first creating a free account,…
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