Tag: anthropology

KNAW Language Conference: Diversity and Universals in Language, Culture, and Cognition

KNAW Language Conference: Diversity and Universals in Language, Culture, and Cognition

[ 0 ] October 25, 2013 |

The constant research conducted by a translation firm such as ours cannot be reduced to finding innovative software and organizational methods, albeit important tasks. The Alpha Omega Translations blog is a testament to the world languages, etymologies, and writing systems that we explore, trace and attempt to decipher. While the stories of these jewels of […]

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Anthropology and Linguistics: What do languages teach us about the past? Are there  universal laws for each human language?

Anthropology and Linguistics: What do languages teach us about the past? Are there universal laws for each human language?

[ 0 ] October 24, 2013 |

KNAW Conference on Diversity and Universals in Language, Culture, and Cognition Recently the Language Diversity: Genesis, Historical Development, and Cognition Program, initiated by Pieter Muysken (Nijmegen), Maarten Mous (Leiden), and John Nerbonne (Groningen) has been funded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The main aim of this program is to link […]

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Middle English: a Case of Hybridization

Middle English: a Case of Hybridization

Generally speaking, creoles and hybrids took more from the dialects of their superstrata than from the standard languages. Hybridization took place in England, in the area called Danelaw (extended from London to Chester), between the10th and the 11th Century, when Danish was probably used for some time. This is testified by the fact that places […]

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Speaking The Language of International Development

Speaking The Language of International Development

October 26, 2011 |

Language is a crucial consideration in international development. In communities around the world, language diversity is common, and bilingualism of individuals is vital to business and social life. Language diversity raises issues in education that must be addressed, because they underlie many other important social issues. For example, choices about the language in which children […]

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