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- From Latin Americans to Latinos: Latin American immigration in US: the unwanted children
- "Migration is a one way trip. There is no "home" to go back to". Stuart Hall (1) "Minorities and majorities emerge explicitly in the process of developing ideas of number, representation, and electoral franchise in places affected by the democratic revolutions of the eighteenth century, including satellite spaces in...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- Fastest Growing Languages on the Net?
- Which language is the rising power on our series of tubes? Behind English, Our Pacific Rim protégés in China are barreling ahead in the online world. Despite a large block of IP addresses being censored by the 'Great Firewall of China,' Chinese web users now number 166 million --...
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- Sexual Santa-bot; Microsoft Surely on the Naughty List
- If you haven't yet heard about Microsoft's naughty artificial intelligence Santa-bot, you're missing out. Think about the topics you'd never imagine Santa discussing -- yes, get your mind in the gutter. Santa Claus came to town, and not just his boot soles were dirty. Perhaps he should have taken SmarterChild upon...
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- Should Foreign Languages Be Banned from US Workplaces?
- It can be frustrating for an English-speaking customer to deal with an employee who struggles with the language. However, companies generally see the value in having bilingual employees on-staff to address the many consumers who haven't mastered English. But what does any of that have to do with conversations between...
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- A Little Innovation Inspiration
- A brilliant brief profile of managing out of a morass is in a new special issue of Smithsonian magazine, titled America’s Young Innovators. One of the 37 people (all under 36) profiled in the magazine is Ramon Gonzalez, who four years ago started the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology,...
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Tailoring Your Web Site to Foreign Markets
- Localization is about creating Web site content specific to a language and marketplace, and is imperative if you want to market to non-English speakers. Localization is an expensive process. More than simply translating content, localization also takes cultural differences into account. You must make sure that you can achieve an...
- Articles 2007-10-17
- Publications received between 2 June 2002 and 1 May 2003
- The following list includes recent books potentially relevant to the traditional and/or allied disciplines of linguistics. An effort is made to see that all books of interest to the readers of Linguistics are reviewed. Publishers receive two copies of reviews accepted for publication. We regret that it is not possible...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Reduce Conflict By Focusing On Using More Positive Communication Styles
- Negative language conveys a poor image to customers, and those around us. Sometimes it causes conflict and confrontation where none is necessary or desired. The first place to start using positive language is with written material. Once you have developed the knack of writing positively, it will be easier to...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- How To Write An Effective Cold Calling Script
- What makes a good script? Write your script the way you talk and get to the point! Written language and spoken language are very different. If your script is in written language you will sound phony. Real people do not speak with capital letters at the start of sentences and...
- White papers 2005-06-02
- Pearson allies with Livemocha for language learning
- US-based online language-learning site Livemocha and print publisher Pearson are allying to create online conversational English courses, combining Pearson's content with Livemocha's collaborative approach to language learning. Pearson and Livemocha will jointly invest in the new products and share the...
- Articles 2009-03-11
- Some Simple Language About the Financial Crisis
- As I said a few posts ago, I've been surprised that the powers-that-be haven't tried harder to explain the financial mess to the country in terms we could all understand. Maybe they didn't want to -- maybe that was the strategy all along. But even if it was, it was...
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
- Google Translation Gadget Puts Money in Your Pocket
- Continuing with our periodic series of posts on how to optimize your media company's website and grow your traffic, tonight it is time to revisit a topic we first explored back in February of this year: A Simple Way to Grow your Online Audience (Una Manera Simple...
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- A Simple Way to Grow your Online Audience (Una Manera Simple para Hacer Crecer su Audiencia En LÃÂnea)
- A recent study by the research outfit Ipsos indicates that U.S. Hispanics are reading the news and consuming media in both English and Spanish, switching back and forth between the languages "with ease." According to the report, "U.S. Hispanics take advantage of their bilingual abilities by using,...
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Get Language Translations on the Run with Google Translate for iPhone
- If you need one more reason to choose an iPhone when traveling abroad, check out the new version of Google Translate. It makes simple work of translating any word, phrase, or question from one language to another. Google Translate for iPhone and iPod touch is a browser-based...
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- How to Write More Effectively | Useful Commute Podcast
- Whether you are wading through complex legal documents or trying to decipher intricate instructions, it can be very frustrating when you have to re-read something to understand what it says. Plain language, also called Plain English, is a communication an audience can understand the first time they read or hear...
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Naming Math
- English is the most widely used language while Mandarin Chinese is used by the largest number of people around the world, but if one wants to find a truly international language, it would have to be numerals. Numerals are standardized world-wide, recognized across cultures, and have simple forms which make...
- White papers 2008-01-10
- CAREER PROS: Talking Trash: Don't Let Loose Language Devalue Your Worth
- Despite attention to letter-perfect résumés, meticulous grooming and perfect interviewing posture, jobseekers often undermine their candidacies for hire or promotion with sloppy language skills and inappropriate word choices. Shined shoes won't matter if you're constantly shooting yourself in the foot with your own words. Slang is sloppy and loose language...
- White papers 2007-01-21
- Breaking The Language : How Technology Can Enhance Multilingual Communication
- Information technology is allowing individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments to communicate instantaneously across vast distances, and at the same time, immigration is making American society itself more ethnically and culturally diverse. The growing global economy is accelerating the rate of travel, both virtual and real. Companies are expanding and relocating,...
- White papers 2000-01-01
- Automatic Track Routing for Multi-Channel Broadcast
- More and more broadcasters, motivated by government mandates and competitive pressures, are increasing local language support for their programming. As they seek wider audiences for their content, making programs viewable by local groups in their own languages increases both the potential audience and viewer loyalty. Adding language tracks, however, also...
- White papers 2004-07-12
- Evolutionary Language Games
- This paper reveals that a language is the consequence of the distributed behavior of a large group of agents. A language game is a complete interaction in which all linguistic levels are implied, as well as a context and social relations between speaker and hearer. Language Game represents the game...
- White papers 2004-05-28
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