Escritos Críticos

Etiqueta: Linguistics

  • The Narration of the Invisible. A Political Theory of Semantic Fields (Book, 2004)

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    The study on semantic fields in social narrative, originally a 2005 thesis from the University of Georgia, remains relevant amid evolving political and technological contexts. Jorge Majfud presents a new English edition of «The Narration of the Invisible,» preserving the original’s historical significance without revisions to maintain its context.

  • Why Culture Matters

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      Why Culture Matters https://web.archive.org/web/20201021181353/https://judolphinmedia.com/14437/editorial/the-oldest-enemy-of-civilization/ In September of 2006, in Lewisburg, Tennessee, a neighborhood group protested because the public library was investing resources in the purchase of books in Spanish.  Of the sixty thousand volumes, only one thousand were published in a language other than English.  The annual budget, totalling thirteen thousand dollars, dedicates the…

  • Estudiar idiomas rejuvenece el cerebro (entre otras cosas)

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    2 languages make your brain buff If you had any doubts about exposing your child – or yourself – to a foreign language, there’s more evidence than ever that being bilingual has enormous benefits for your brain. Scientists presented their research supporting this idea Friday at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting…

  • What Is an Ideolexicon?

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    ¿Qué es un ideoléxico? (Spanish) What Is an Ideolexicon? Jorge Majfud I have been asked several times to define what I mean by ideolexicon. I have never given the same response, but that is not due to the idea being ambiguous or undefined but quite the contrary. Although this term is a neologism, I do…

  • El identificador de textos

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    Cambio/16 (España) Milenio (Mexico) La Republica (Uruguay) El identificador de textos En la academia todavía tenemos la manía de andar pensando cosas raras sin un propósito definido de antemano. Es una vieja tradición, con algunos casos célebres. Hay gente que se pasa la vida tratando de descubrir por qué las polillas se posan en un…