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Resources about language--dictionaries, translators, thesauri, etc.
Updated on Jun 12, 13
Created on Jun 27, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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Kay Cunningham's List: Language
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Jun 12, 13
'The composite map gives a picture of the overall distribution, coloring each cell according to whichever answer is estimated to be most likely at that location. The more clearly one answer dominates, the darker the color. Individual maps show estimated probability of each particular answer at a given location, with larger probabilities shown in red and smaller probabilities shown in blue. At the moment, only the four most popular answers for each survey question are displayed.'
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Jun 28, 12
'Learning a language can seem daunting, so I’m going to provide an overview of the general strategy, before we get into the specifics.
Here is the breakdown. We’ll go more in depth into each of these later on.'-
If you don’t have the freedom to focus fulltime on learning a language, that’s okay, but the process will take longer than 90 days. Just make sure that you continue to practice every day, or else you’ll lose your knowledge rapidly.
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You want to start memorizing 30 words and phrases per day. Why 30? Because in 90 days, you’ll have learned 80% of the language.
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Jul 15, 10
'Increasingly, a language of bitterness, frustration, and fury has become our default response to the unraveling of illusion. It is no accident that the most rageful moment in modern American history has emerged barely a year after one of the most utopian moments—the movement that swept Obama into the White House and brought millions onto the streets of America's cities to celebrate his victory. '
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Yet while the rage in some ways transcends politics, in important ways it is deeply rooted in contemporary conservatism.
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The stab-in-the-back narrative is a trajectory familiar to students of empire the world over. As the ground shifts under the feet of a dominant power, as the structures supporting dominance start to crack, so the public gets angrier.
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Apr 12, 10
'The MLA Language Map is intended for use by students, teachers, and anyone interested in learning about the linguistic and cultural composition of the United States. The MLA Language Map uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States. '
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Oct 01, 09
'a free online dictionary and thesaurus with a simple interface, complete inflections, auto-suggest, adult-filtering, frequent updates, a browsable index, and support for handheld/mobile devices.'
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Dec 23, 08
"Further, it suggests that literary study — not just communication — must be central in measuring language knowledge."
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Dec 21, 08
Given names of many languages--note the Random name generator.
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Nov 24, 08
"Bullfighter is the epoch-defining software that works with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to help you find and eliminate jargon in your documents."
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Nov 23, 08
"Dearest Creature in creation, study English pronunciation..."
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Apr 22, 09
"However (a proper way to begin a sentence?), White acknowledged that he treasured the book not only for its sharp advice but also for Strunk’s audacity in promulgating the rules in the first place, which, White figured, were originally devised as a shortcut in correcting students’papers."
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Mar 01, 09
MARSBest annotation: 'This web site provides a searchable directory to over 6000 freely available online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries. Searches may be entered by language(s), subject, or title/keyword. Search results provide the number of entries and links to the online dictionaries. The site also provides a directory of translation and interpreting courses, a listing of translator and interpreter associations worldwide, language resources, freeware to download and links to sites for currency conversion, text analysis and language identification. Language-related software and products may be purchased at the website.'
Author/Publisher: The site is run by an international team of linguists and IT specialists based in France, headed by Sebastian Abbo.
Free/Fee-based: Free
Date Reviewed: 2/26/09 -
Mar 01, 09
"encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world's 6,912 known living languages." includes bibliography dating from 1935.
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Feb 14, 09
MARS annotation: "Visual dictionaries allow users to match images to words. In this stunning online version, 6,000 illustrations and twenty-thousand full definitions are included from all aspects of life. Access is provided two ways: users may browse by broad themes such as food, architecture, machinery, or sports or they may search using the index search box. Students might search for illustrated science topics like cicadas and plant cells, while homeowners can surf through the House or Gardening sections. With pronunciation audio clips, the Dictionary is aimed at English learners and translators. Weaknesses include animated advertising, small typeface, a distracting corporate logo watermark, and difficulty working in older browsers. This dictionary is the place to go for accurately labeled, detailed illustrations of everyday objects from soup to nuts."
Author/Publisher: QA International / Merriam-Webster
Free/Fee-based: Free
Date Reviewed: 2/12/08 -
Jan 19, 09
English, Spanish, French, Russian, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese--type text to hear it spoken
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Jan 04, 09
"professional organization working toward the advancement of copy editors in newspapers, magazines, Web sites and other journalistic endeavors"
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