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/

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.