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Bridging the Gap Between the Language Industry and Academia

Bridging the Gap Between the Language Industry and Academia

Expectations of the Language Industry The language industry has the highest expectations for newly hired linguists in the area of attitudes, skills and knowledge. While we receive dozens of resumes from translators every day, linguists who have recently graduated from translation programs often lack skills to work on our projects. In addition to excellent knowledge […]

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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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