World - linguistics
DIA linguistics contract for SAIC - United Press International
25 May 2012, 8:12 am
MCLEAN, Va., May 25 (UPI) -- Linguistic, operational, translation and management services in support of the U.S. National Media Exploitation Center are to be provided by SAIC. The Virginia company said the contract for services it received from ...
Modern languages - The Guardian
22 May 2012, 4:58 pm
Qu'est-ce que j'apprendrai? Studying a language is becoming a bit of a dying art, but if you want to fully engage in a new culture or work overseas, it is essential. Language degrees will do more than teach the grammar and syntax of a language ...
Vietnamese intellectuals back PH Panatag claim - Manila Times
21 May 2012, 10:54 am
Dang Ngoc Le, PhD, President, Association of
linguistics of Ho Chi Minh City, Tran Thi Khanh, Editor, Nguyen Thi Tu Huy, PhD, lawyer Tran Quoc Thuan, Former Permanent Vice Chairman, Office of National Assembly of the SR of Vietnam, Kha Luong Ngai ...
Women bosses 'less funny in boardroom' - rediff.com
21 May 2012, 8:09 am
The study carried out by
linguistics expert Judith Baxter from Aston University, Birmingham found that more than 80 per cent of quips made by senior female figures were met with silence, with 70 per cent portraying themselves in a modestly negative light.
Why I quit my job without a new one lined up - CBS News
17 May 2012, 6:58 pm
She's not a a flighty person prone to rash decision-making. In fact, Katherine has a degree in
linguistics and international relations from a state university, graduating in 2009. After graduating she accepted a job teaching English as a second ...
Lighthouse Adds Equivio's Zoom to Service Offerings - Embedded.com
17 May 2012, 1:36 pm
"Our internal experts, led by a lawyer with a Master of Science in Computational
linguistics, can leverage Zoom's capabilities to dramatically reduce our clients' review costs while maintaining defensibility." Zoom combines Equivio's best-of-breed near ...
Facebook falling out of favor as IPO approaches - Boston Herald
14 May 2012, 10:58 pm
“For some reason that social Facebook excitement has run its course for me,” said Andreea Nicolae, 25, a
linguistics doctoral candidate at Harvard. “The friend circle is sort of not as limited to Facebook as it used to be.” For many in Harvard ...
Nepal's mystery language on the verge of extinction - BBC News
12 May 2012, 6:21 pm
As such, she has become a star attraction for campaigners eager to preserve her dying tongue. Madhav Prasad Pokharel, a professor of
linguistics at Nepal's Tribhuwan University, has spent a decade researching the vanishing Kusunda tribe. Professor Pokharel ...
