How to Abbreviate the United States of America in Spanish
Let’s clear up a few issues. The official name is: Estados Unidos de America. It can be written with or without the article: (los) Estados
July 16, 2009
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The Baltic Languages: Lithuanian and Latvian
Within the Indo-European language family are to be found the Baltic languages. The two languages of this subfamily that survive at present are Lithuanian and
July 13, 2009
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Common Features of Languages
To begin with, a characteristic that is shared by all languages is that they are arbitrary, which is in its most elemental form is demonstrated
July 10, 2009
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Armenian: an Independent Branch of the Indo-European Language Family
When the studying of Armenian began in the 19th century, it was believed that Armenian descended from Iranian, an error produced by the vast number
July 6, 2009
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The World Bank’s Language Policy
I never cease to discover new facts about the world that stun me to silence. Rebecca Harris at Foreign Policy recently published an article addressing
July 6, 2009
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The Use of the Period in English and Spanish
The period (full stop) is the punctuation mark that marks the grammatical and logical end of a sentence. The main difference comes from its greatest
July 3, 2009
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Bloggers Unravelled
I’d like to briefly return to discuss the issue of the significant development that took place last month, culminating in the outing of the lauded
July 1, 2009
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Changes in Meaning: Evolution or Corruption?
Neatorama.com has posted an excerpt from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader highlighting different words and expressions whose meanings are not the same now as they were
June 29, 2009
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The Real Origins of the Albanian Language
Albanian is a macrolanguage spoken by roughly 15 million inhabitants of the Balkan peninsula, mainly in Albania, located in Europe’s southeastern corner. The oldest book
June 26, 2009
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Contemporary Theories on Translation: Nida and Steiner
The translation process is defined as the operation of obtaining the closest natural equivalent primarily in terms of meaning as well as the style (attempt
June 26, 2009
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