By Hannah, on July 29th, 2014%
written by Professor Bernard Spolsky
It’s great to be relevant! A few weeks after my sociolinguistic history of the Jewish people was published, a Reuters story highlighted a dispute between the visiting Pope Francis and the Israeli Prime Minister over the language spoken by Jesus (Reuter, 28 May 2014). “Jesus spoke Hebrew”, Netanyahu stated. “Aramaic”, responded the Pope. He almost certainly knew both Hebrew and Aramaic, and also Greek (and maybe a little Latin), I would have answered, as I did in one of the earliest studies that I published that marked my growing interest in the language of the Jews.
But this disagreement turns out to be only one the many examples of disputes that I found in my research. There are, I learned, . . . → Read More: Some unsolved questions about the languages of the Jews
By admin, on April 7th, 2014%
How do children develop bilingual competence? Do bilingual children develop language in the same way as monolinguals? Set in the context of findings on language development, Bilingual Language Acquisition examines the acquisition of English and Spanish by two brothers in the first six years of their lives. (The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 1).
Introduction
Bingual language acquisition
The terms bilingual and bilingualism have received diverse definitions. In this book, bilingual (the person), and bilingualism (the condition or state of affairs) refer to the use of two (or more) languages in everyday life. Two major patterns of language acquisition have been identified in studies of early bilingualism: simultaneous bilingualism and sequential bilingualism, but no agreement exists with respect to the age at . . . → Read More: Bilingual Language Acquisition
By admin, on December 16th, 2013%
 written by Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University
One of the linchpins of human information-processing are the frames of expectation we apply to the constant flow of information. These frames allow us to impose meaning on the things we see, hear, or read and to position ourselves with regard to ideas and arguments. In the case of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (SWH), these frames require us to adopt one of the three recognizable positions: for (which may brand us as radicals), against (a marker of a skeptic or a rational thinker), or in-between (a sign of a temperate scholar willing to consider the pros and cons of everything). The adoption of conventional frames of expectation saves us a lot of valuable time . . . → Read More: Sapir, Whorf, and the hypothesis that wasn’t
By admin, on April 1st, 2011%
Take part in our Applied Linguistics Zone competition for the chance to win 5 Cambridge University Press paperbacks of your choice.
Just click on the link below to see 6 questions relating to the different material available on the zone. The answers can be found by accessing the resources within the different reading rooms.
Fill in your answers, your name and email address to enter.
Click here to take part in the competition.
The winner will be selected at random from those who submit six correct answers. The closing date for entries is the 3rd of May 2011.
Good luck!
The Cambridge Applied . . . → Read More: Competition: Win 5 Cambridge University Press books of your choice!
By admin, on December 17th, 2010%
The Guardian have written a brilliant article about David Crystal and the 30 years of ‘language gems’ he has given the world.
Read the full article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/13/david-crystal-champion-english-language
Books by David Crystal… click on the jackets to view inside the books and find out more
. . . → Read More: David Crystal: Champion of the English Language
By admin, on October 20th, 2010%
What very common consonant phoneme is absent from the inventory of Hawaiian?
a) /p/
b) /k/
c) /t/
Just email your answer to extra@cambridge.org by 31st October 2010, with subject line ‘October Competition’, for a chance to win £50 of . . . → Read More: October Competition!
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