Category Linguistics

Palabras puertorriqueñas

Ésta es una lista de palabras puertorriqueñas que yo uso y que he escuchado a otros usar. Intento incluir palabras que sean exclusivas de Puerto Rico o que hayan tenido su orígen en Puerto Rico. a chavo* – se refiere…

Classical Greek Lesson 2- Accents

Accent Marks Ancient Greek was spoken with variations in pitch. During the 3rd Century B.C., Aristophanes of Byzantium developed a series of accent marks to help non-native Greek speakers pronounce the pitch variations of the language. These accent marks are…

Classical Greek Lesson 1- Alphabet

Notes These notes correspond to an upcoming course I am preparing in Classical Greek. This course will follow Anne Groton’s From Alpha to Omega: A Beginning Course in Classical Greek. Buy here. Background Greek is an Indo-European language that has…

Handspeak: An online ASL resource

Back in August I started learning American Sign Language in order to have more fluent conversations with one of my co-workers. Having someone to talk with five days a week really helps out when learning a new language, and in…

Chinese Skill- First Impression Review

During my quest to learn a new language, I came across Duolingo. The nifty app+website does a great job of introducing learners t o a new language through practice and repetition. Though it is clear that Duo is not a comprehensive single…

Ancient Greek #6: Negative Adverbs

In Greek, there are two forms of the negative adverb “not”: one for indicative verbs (e.g. He is not teaching.) and one for imperative verbs (e.g. Do not teach.) The negative adverb is placed immediately before the verb. The following table shows the two…