Gli anglicismi, un pericolo per la lingua italiana? (La Voce che stecca)
La Voce che stecca - gennaio 13, 2019 Beatrice Caniglia 1 Commento anglicismi, italiano, neologismiDal volgare fiorentino di Dante, padre della lingua italiana, allo «sciacquar i panni nell’Arno» di Manzoni fino ai neologismi dei futuristi, il nostro linguaggio, parlato e non, ha subito una vera e propria evoluzione. Cosa rimanga ad oggi di questo gergo antico è difficile da dirsi: tra...
Le lingue dell'Europa di fronte alla globalizzazione linguistica
Il 3 aprile, alle ore 17.30, il Prof. Jürgen Trabant (Freie Universität Berlin) terrà l'ultima conferenza de I Mercoledì dell'Accademia 2019
Abstract
L'Europa è un continente di molte lingue. L'Unione Europea protegge e promuove ufficialmente la molteplicità delle sue lingue. Ma la pluralità linguistica è anche un ostacolo drammatico alla comunicazione in...
An Introduction to Multilingualism - Language in a Changing World
Florian Coulmas
Oxford University Press, 14 December 2017, ISBN: 9780198791102
This book offers an introduction to the many facets of multilingualism in a changing world. It begins with an overview of the multiplicity of human languages and their geographic distribution, before moving on to the key question of what multilingualism actually is and what is understood by terms such as 'mother...
L'anglais à Livre Paris, exception culturelle ou Anciens contre Modernes ?
Source : Actualitté, 8 février 2019
Une centaine d'auteurs français a signé, le 26 janvier dernier, une tribune très agressive à l'encontre du salon Livre Paris, pour son usage jugé excessif de termes anglophones et de « globish ». Le salon, qui se déroulera en mars prochain à Paris, changera les noms des événements incriminés, mais conservera au contraire l'expression...
Participer à un projet de volontariat pour changer la vie des enfants défavorisés
Par Sandrine Benard , le 21 janvier 2019, Thot cursus
Ainsi parlait Mère Teresa (1910-1997), sainte et Prix Nobel de la Paix en 1979.
Aujourd’hui, vous l’aurez sans doute compris, nous nous intéresserons aux conditions -pas toujours favorables- qui encadrent l’enseignement des langues et surtout, à...
IPOL, publicado em 13/02/2019
Das cerca de sete mil línguas e dialetos que o mundo tem, duas mil e quinhentas estão em risco de extinção. E, para além destas, existem muitas mais ameaçadas e outras em situação muito vulnerável
A saída do Reino Unido da União Europeia veio levantar problemas de diversa ordem, um dos quais é a política das línguas à escala europeia e...
En Islande, le gouvernement s’inquiète de l'invasion de la langue anglaise dans sa culture
France Info, 3 janvier 2019 - Un drapeau islandais. (THORVALDUR ORN KRISMUNDSSON / AFP)
Des chercheurs s'inquiètent de voir les jeunes Islandais apprendrent de plus en plus tôt l'anglais au risque, selon eux, de moins bien parler à terme, l'islandais.
En Islande, l’usage de l’anglais a explosé ces dernières années notamment en raison de l’importance des nouvelles technologies....
Source: The Conversation, 26 nov. 2018
Images of extreme weather and alarming headlines about climate change have become common. Last month, dire predictions about our warming planet from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were reported as distressing scenes from a devastating tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia were still in the news.
As residents of Sulawesi...
The Migration Seminar: Teachers’ beliefs on multilingualism and multilingual students: A Q-study in Sweden and Switzerland
6th December 2018, MIM seminar room, 9th floor, Niagara, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1, Malmö University
Abstract
This study investigates educational language ecologies in two multilingual European countries. The main focus is put on teachers, the key decision-makers in implementation processes of policy documents, and their potential internal dilemmas concerning questions of language, in particular...
The Politics of Multilingualism - Europeanisation, globalisation and linguistic governance
Editors:
Peter A. Kraus, Universität Augsburg
François Grin, Université de Genève
ISBN 9789027201362
This book proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the impact of complex diversity on language politics and policies, analysing how the legacies of the old interact with the challenges of the new. Its main focus is on the interplay of multilingualism on the one hand, and the...
Many NGO workers on the ground don’t speak the local language – new research
The Conversation, August 8th 2018
After the Oxfam sexual exploitation scandal in Haiti hit the headlines earlier this year, 22 aid agencies published an open letter declaring that they would “take every step to right our wrongs and eradicate abuse in our industry”. They made a commitment to “listen and take action”.
There is nothing new about NGOs claiming that they “listen” to...
Una delegazione camerunese in visita in Svizzera per uno scambio di opinioni sul plurilinguismo
Delegata federale al plurilinguismo
Berna, 11.06.2018 – Dall’11 al 15 giugno 2018 la Commissione nazionale per la promozione del bilinguismo e del multiculturalismo del Camerun è in visita di studio in Svizzera per uno scambio di opinioni su questioni inerenti al plurilinguismo e al multiculturalismo.
La visita della delegazione camerunese si iscrive nel quadro di un progetto...
23 February 2018Russia / WorldLanguage as a Soft Power Tool in Central Asia
Chinese, Russian and English are all competing to be Central Asia’s lingua franca. This has a bearing on the region’s ties to the rest of the world, as well as an impact on domestic political culture.
Author : Anna Tiido
Joseph Nye, a political scientist at Harvard University, has discussed at length the role of...
Francophonie. En Afrique du Sud, le français n’est plus la langue de la France
Afrique du Sud, The Conversation - Londres
“Je n’hésite jamais à m’exprimer en anglais parce que cela renforce la francophonie”
La presse canadienne s’est largement fait écho lundi de la déclaration du chef de l’État français au sujet de la francophonie, à l’issue de sa rencontre avec...
Interdisziplinäre Tagung: Identität durch Sprache in migratorischen Kontexten der Gegenwart (31 Mai-1 Juni 2018)
Die interdisziplinäre und interfachliche Tagung “Identität durch Sprache in migratorischen Kontexten der Gegenwart”, ein Austausch von Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften verschiedener Philologien, findet am 31.5. und am 1.6.2018 an der Universität Duisburg-Essen, veranstaltet vom Institut für Romanische Sprachen und Literaturen, statt. Hierzu möchten wir Sie herzlich...
La importancia de las competencias comunicativas de la lengua para la justicia social
Fuente: Portal del hispanismo
Organizadores:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Acción Educativa
Tipo de actividad:
Curso
Fecha límite de solicitud:
Domingo, 1 julio, 2018
Descripción:
La Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y Acción Eudcativa celebran este curso del 2 al 6 de julio de 2018 en Madrid (España). Se abordará el papel esencial de las lenguas en...
The Conversation, April 3d 2018
English has achieved prime status by becoming the most widely spoken language in the world – if one disregards proficiency – ahead of Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. English is spoken in 101 countries, while Arabic is spoken in 60, French in 51, Chinese in 33, and Spanish in 31. From one small island, English has gone on to acquire lingua franca status in...
Conference: Global Approaches to Multilingualism and Standardisation
16 April 2018, 12:00 — 18 April 2018, 12:00
Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
Global Approaches to Multilingualism and Standardisation is a conference taking place at the University of Cambridge on 16-18 April 2018 and is organised by Strand 2 of MEITS. The conference aims to provide a comprehensive and comparative investigation into standardisation, norms and standard...
Literatur, Migration und Übersetzung: Internationale Tagung anlässlich des 30. Jahrestages des Studiengangs „Literaturübersetzen“ an der HHU Düsseldorf
Anlässlich des 30. Jahrestages des Studiengangs Literaturübersetzen findet an der HHU eine internationale Tagung zum Thema „Literatur, Migration und Übersetzung“ statt. Renommierte Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus Kanada, Großbritannien, Österreich, Spanien und Deutschland diskutieren darüber, welche Rolle der Übersetzung in der globalisierten Moderne zukommt.
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Font: IPOL, publicado em 26/12/2017 (flyparade/iStock)
Muitas das línguas que você sabe que existem vieram de uma raiz comum
Porque as línguas foram surgindo nas várias regiões do mundo de forma independente. Algumas têm a mesma origem, como o hindu, o sueco, o inglês e o português. Eles vieram de uma grande língua comum, chamada proto-indo-europeu, que há milhares de anos era falada...
Don't say cheese: Amsterdam turns against English usage in shops
The Guardian (International edition)
Daniel Boffey in BrusselsFri 26 Jan 2018 13.32 GMT
Appeal court upholds closure order against cheese shop as use of English implies it is for tourists not locals.
Their country’s grip of the English language has long been a source of national pride for the Dutch. But some argue a line has to be drawn somewhere and, for the municipality of Amsterdam, that...
Salzburg - On the third day of Springboard for Talent: Language Learning and Integration in a Globalized World, participants gave their views on the session's last Hot Topic
“We can support the value of multilingualism by putting in place policies that promote the good in multilingualism. Many times, when we address an issue like multilingualism, we often look more at the problems, the “why...
Le prix de l’échec des Britanniques dans l’apprentissage des langues étrangères
Les personnes de langue maternelle anglaise ne peuvent pas simplement compter sur le désir qu’a le reste du monde d’apprendre leur langue, affirment Gabrielle Hogan-Brun et Jennifer Jenkins, alors que Jane Sjögren cite les paroles de Nelson Mandela sur l’importance des compétences linguistiques et que Trevor Stevens dit qu' apprendre une langue étrangère devrait être obligatoire pour...
