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Does Canadian French more closely resemble “langue d’oc” or “langue d’oïl?”

Does Canadian French more closely resemble “langue d’oc” or “langue d’oïl?”

The mirrors and fenders of cars are gleaming from the sunlight in the first row of a parking lot. Your car has made it to the beach in Miami but all the parking spaces seem to be occupied. One quick look at the license plates and your frustration has found its scapegoat, dozens of cars […]

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Technical Translation and the Quebec Language Charter

Technical Translation and the Quebec Language Charter

[ 0 ] January 16, 2014 |

While a sudden wind gust unfurls into the already glacial winter air of Montreal, Canada, a boutique illuminates the open-sign to the respite of passers-by. Full of hippie memorabilia, the track playing through the well ensconced speakers is Signs by the Five Man Electrical Band. A throwback to 1970, the Canadian band’s lyrics deploring signs […]

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The Yavapai Voice: A Struggle for Distinction

The Yavapai Voice: A Struggle for Distinction

[ 0 ] January 1, 2014 |

Newcomers to the northwestern Arizona highlands are surprised by a smattering of snow that comes to interrupt the usual stifling dryness. Amid this dryness, dozens of Indian bands or scattered tribes are regrouped in reservations. The focus here is the Yavapai “people of the sun” who reside in Camp Verde, Clarkdale, and other locations belonging […]

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Endangered Nez Perce, a Native American Language

Endangered Nez Perce, a Native American Language

[ 0 ] December 14, 2013 |

If anyone has seen a documentary or Animal Planet episode about grizzlies bears, they can imagine the backdrop. The Ursus arctos comes to feed at crystal-clear rapids surrounded by tall and densely standing pines. The bears reach their claws into the water for fresh salmon and tear their prey apart on the boulders skewed around […]

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A Look At Language Families

A Look At Language Families

March 23, 2011 |

There are approximately 6,912 living languages in the world today. Most languages belong to larger language groups or families, which is a group of similar or related languages that developed from a common ancestor, referred to as protolanguage (“proto” means “early” in Greek). Let’s take a look at a few major language groups, including an […]

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