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Biologists using tools developed for drawing evolutionary family trees say that they have solved a longstanding problem in archaeology: the origin of the Indo-European family of languages. The family includes English and most other European languages, as well as Persian, Hindi and many others. Despite the importance of the languages, specialists have long disagreed about their origin. Linguists be
Americanisms: 50 of your most noted examples
The Magazine's recent piece on Americanisms entering the language in the UK prompted thousands of you to e-mail examples. Some are useful, while some seem truly unnecessary, argued Matthew Engel in the article. Here are 50 of the most e-mailed. 1. When people ask for something, I often hear: "Can I get a..." It infuriates me. It's not New York. It's not the 90s. You're not in Central Perk with the
メルトダウンする言葉 - 内田樹の研究室
神戸大学都市安全研究センター主催、岩田健太郎さんがコーディネイターをつとめる「災害時のリスクとコミュニケーションを考えるチャリティー・シンポジウム」が日曜にあった。 参加者は岩田健太郎（神戸大学都市安全研究センター、神戸大学医学部教授）、上杉隆(ジャーナリスト)、藏本一也（神戸大学大学院経営学研究科准教授）、鷲田清一（哲学者、大阪大学総長）と私。 チャリティ・シンポジウムなので、そこで発生するあれこれの収益は被災地に寄付される。 上杉さんの名前は茂木さんのツイッターでよくお見かけするが、私は初対面。記者クラブの閉鎖性と日本の既存メディアの退嬰性を徹底的に批判している独立系ジャーナリストである。 藏本先生はビジネスにおけるリスク・マネジメントの専門家。 私はいったい何の専門家として呼ばれたのか、よくわからない。 「どうしていいかわからないときに、どうしていいかわかるための能力開発」の専門家と
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どちらを使っても間違いとはならないのだが、使い分ける分岐点が曖昧な言葉の一つに「ひきあげる」がある。広辞苑では見出し語に「引き上げる・引き揚げる」と併記し、多くの辞書も同様だ。 毎日新聞用語集では「引き上げる」を「高い方へ上げる」という「一般用語」扱いとし、「引き揚げる」は「元の場所に戻る・戻す、撤収、浮揚」と意味づけている。「給料を引き上げる」「軍隊を引き揚げる」の用例は、それぞれうなずける。しかし92年版から使い分けられた「舟を浜辺に引き上げる」「沈船を引き揚げる」には悩んでしまう。どこが違うのだろうか、校閲記者でも解釈は分かれた。 「下から上へが『引き上げ』で、元の場所へが『引き揚げ』。水の事故の場合、水面より岸が高いに決まっているが、高い、低いという位置関係よりも、沈んでいた人や物を浮揚させる感覚で『引き揚げ』で統一してもいい」 81年版の用語集から「海から車を引き揚げる」が採録さ
Language Study Casts New Light on Japanese Origins - NYTimes.com
Finding on Dialects Casts New Light on the Origins of the Japanese People By NICHOLAS WADE Published: May 4, 2011 Researchers studying the various dialects of Japanese have concluded that all are descended from a founding language taken to the Japanese islands about 2,200 years ago. The finding sheds new light on the origin of the Japanese people, suggesting that their language is descended from
Phonetic Clues Hint Language Is Africa-Born (Published 2011)
A researcher analyzing the sounds in languages spoken around the world has detected an ancient signal that points to southern Africa as the place where modern human language originated. The finding fits well with the evidence from fossil skulls and DNA that modern humans originated in Africa. It also implies, though does not prove, that modern language originated only once, an issue of considerabl
Japan: How to talk to a tragedy | Minae Mizumura
One unlikely side-effect of the Japanese crisis has been a new critique of our use of honorifics Shock, sympathy and a sense of national unity – these were the sentiments we felt in Japan after the triple tragedy of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. A month later, our attention has shifted to what caused the continuing Fukushima crisis. We are frustrated and angry. Since this all began, Yu
Language at risk of dying out – the last two speakers aren't talking
The language of Ayapaneco has been spoken in the land now known as Mexico for centuries. It has survived the Spanish conquest, seen off wars, revolutions, famines and floods. But now, like so many other indigenous languages, it's at risk of extinction. There are just two people left who can speak it fluently – but they refuse to talk to each other. Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69, liv
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