We cannot help recommending this English language lesson, by Joey쌤, titled “중학교 3학년 천재(정사열) Lesson 3 Laugh First and Then Think : The Ig Nobel Prize 본문 해설“. It is intended primarily for Korean speakers:
Tag: English
The inconsistencies of animal-based insults in German and English
If you call an English person ‘a mole’ will it carry the same weight as if you call a German person ‘ein Maulwurf’? The power of insults that are based on the names of animal species can vary quite dramatically across different languages and cultures. Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schmauks who is a supernumerary professor at […]
“Swearing helps us battle pain – no matter what language we curse in”
A replication (with Japanese-language speakers and English-language speakers) of the Ig Nobel Peace Prize-winning experiment (with only English-language speakers) about swearing and pain, described by one of the researchers, in The Conversation: Swearing helps us battle pain – no matter what language we curse in The new study is “Swearing as a response to pain: A […]
Comparative ‘iffiness’ of medical research articles
If one could know for sure how iffy things are for English-speaking doctors compared to how iffy things are for French-speaking doctors, one might reach the same conclusions as are reached in this study: “The ‘iffiness’ of medical research articles —A comparison of English if and French si,” Shirley Carter-Thomas [pictured here], in Language and […]
Fear and Loathing of the English Passive
A new study has been written. It has been published online. Pedants of the future will have had the opportunity to know of it: “Fear and Loathing of the English Passive,” Geoffrey K. Pullum, epub January 10, 2014, to appear in Language and Communication, 2014. (Thanks to Rosie Mestel for having brought this to our […]
The hazard of being an English football league manager
Sports managers, the ones who operate at the highest levels, don’t manage to hang on to their jobs long, says this study: “The hazard of being an English football league manager: empirical estimates for three recent league seasons,” R. Bachan, Barry Reilly, and Robert Witt [pictured here], Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 59, no. […]
American insight on accents: How to….
Linguistics, like all collections and studies of knowledge, is centered in and around the US. All Americans know that for a fact. The LearnTheAccent web site has both instructions and instructive examples, for Americans, of people speaking English with different accents. Here’s one — speaking English with an Italian accent. INSTRUCTIONS. EXAMPLE:
A confusing study: Chinese Sports Reports
Non-specialists may find the following study to be delightfully confusing. Here’s the citation, and a snippet from the whole thing. (Click on the image to see an enlargement of it. Click on the title link to obtain a copy of the entire article.): “A Study of Chinese-English Code-switching in Chinese Sports News Reports,” Chun-xuan Shen, […]
Chemistry [English, English and English Edition]
This book is billed to be specially for readers who prefer chemistry books in a special English, English and English edition or who at least know what a special English, English and English edition is (thanks to investigator Scott Langill for bringing it to our attention): BONUS: A movement disorders book in clinical practice, too, […]
How to speak English, w tension
Lesson 1 of the Spoken English Online System delivers 4 minutes and 33 seconds of dramatic tension (Thanks to Damaris Cummins for bringing it to our attention). What, the viewer almost cannot help but constantly (and thanks to the music, throbbingly) wonder, will happen next — or at all?