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Upcoming Events


Xindanwei chit-chat on the future of Shanghainese
informal discussion with Sinoglot’s Kellen Parker on the dialect’s use and usefulness, as well as efforts at preservations, role in cultural identity and other related topics.


Conference for Linguistics Association of Canada and the United States
details to come

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    • Trick question  (4)
      1. Kellen: Alan, So, would you not use a phrase like “reading comprehension”? In my...
      2. Alan: When I was at school, ‘Comprehension’ tests were always to test our listening...
      Dyslexia  (1)
      1. Nate Glenn: I know from my reading on Japanese that there are two types of aphasics: ones who...
      Number Taboos in Sino-Korean  (16)
      1. Kellen Parker: I think the problem here is definitely differing interpretations of...
      2. Eric: Kellen, like ZRV, I find the claim you make about the transfer from Cantonese to Korean...
      3. Kellen Parker: Zrv, Indeed a good friend of mine from Guangzhou who now resides in Korea and who...
      Dialects & Kong Qingdong  (3)
      1. Kellen Parker: pot, You’re right, the subtitles are misleading. The whole 东北话,四川话,北京话 I let...
      2. pot: Since the first thing he said was “two different languages”, he probably thinks...
      3. Chris Waugh: I don’t think there’s anything particularly “English” about...
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    • Trick question  (4)
      1. Kellen: Alan, So, would you not use a phrase like “reading comprehension”? In my...
      2. Alan: When I was at school, ‘Comprehension’ tests were always to test our listening...
      Dyslexia  (1)
      1. Nate Glenn: I know from my reading on Japanese that there are two types of aphasics: ones who...
      Number Taboos in Sino-Korean  (16)
      1. Kellen Parker: I think the problem here is definitely differing interpretations of...
      2. Eric: Kellen, like ZRV, I find the claim you make about the transfer from Cantonese to Korean...
      3. Kellen Parker: Zrv, Indeed a good friend of mine from Guangzhou who now resides in Korea and who...
      Dialects & Kong Qingdong  (3)
      1. Kellen Parker: pot, You’re right, the subtitles are misleading. The whole 东北话,四川话,北京话 I let...
      2. pot: Since the first thing he said was “two different languages”, he probably thinks...
      3. Chris Waugh: I don’t think there’s anything particularly “English” about...
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