2007-09-14
"borrowing" words (loan translations; calques)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque gives words now used in English that are "borrowed" from other languages, as well as the other way around: English words that have gone over to other languages.
2007-09-13
RELIGION: The Internet Sacred Text Archive
Via e-list, EDTECH - Educational Technology [H-NET.org]
RELIGION: PRIMARY SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS: The Internet Sacred Text
Archive
http://www.sacred-texts.com/
RELIGION: PRIMARY SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS: The Internet Sacred Text
Archive
http://www.sacred-texts.com/
example of shibboleth (1923 Japan)
http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2513
Sonya Ryang's article for Japanfocus.org
The Tongue That Divided Life and Death. The 1923 Tokyo Earthquake and the
Massacre of Koreans.
Sonya Ryang's article for Japanfocus.org
The Tongue That Divided Life and Death. The 1923 Tokyo Earthquake and the
Massacre of Koreans.
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