English with a Korean Infusion
English has long been considered a key language to know, and like any language-learning endeavor, it comes with its fair share of difficulties, such as
November 30, 2021
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Selfie: Oxford’s Word of the Year 2013
The prestigious guardians of the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, have proclaimed “selfie” as Word of the Year 2013. The award is proclaimed every
December 2, 2013
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What is Interpretation?
In my work as a translator, I often hear people, due to an understandable unfamiliarity, tell me that they once again needed an “oral translation”.
October 30, 2009
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The Million Word Followup
As I mentioned earlier, the Global Language Monitor previewed the introduction of the one millionth word to the English language. Great publicity followed. They have
June 11, 2009
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Is 1,000,000 words possible?
The Global Language Monitor, which was born from the ashes of yourdictionary.com, focuses on trends in the use of language, primarily through automatic algorithmic readings
April 3, 2009
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Sapir-Whorf and Experimentation
If any of you languagephiles out there are not familiar with the Spair-Whorf hypothesis, it posits that the language a person speaks influences his or
January 15, 2009
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New Words in English 2008
The Oxford English Dictionary, whose corpus of texts now contains over 2 billion words, recently released its list of new words for inclusion in the
November 25, 2008
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