Articles Tagged with language

Difficult meters

Published on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

On poetry

Can anyone write a poem?

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Blast from the past

Published on November 28, 2023November 26, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

History and pre-history

We ponder a very old story, and something that could have been an old story.

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The Odyssey

Published on February 21, 2023February 20, 2023 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

What is it?

How do you evaluate the standard?

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On translation

Published on December 6, 2022December 4, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Moving between languages

We consider alternative teaching strategies.

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The inefficient astronomer

Published on December 28, 2021December 27, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Learning and relearning

We ponder an example of wasted time in science.

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The language of philosophy

Published on August 24, 2021August 23, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Words and ideas

Does the language you speak determine the way you think?

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It’s been good enough

Published on July 6, 2021July 5, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Changing or not

When do you need to learn something new?

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The languages of science

Published on June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Standardization and diversity

Does it matter what words go with the mathematics?

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Language technology

Published on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Materials for learning

We notice that some things have gotten much easier with advances in technology.

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On learning languages

Published on February 25, 2020February 25, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Spanish, Russian, Java, Python

We use “language” for a misleading variety of things.

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