Reflect on the history of your target language. To what language family does it belong? What sounds, words, and structures exemplify periods of contact with other cultures? How do these considerations enhance your understanding of the target language
Read more…I started writing in Nepali after I felt comfortable and sure that I was writing it properly. I noticed that when I was writing, I always second guessed what I was writing and was always checking to see if what I wrote was properly written, which thi
Read more…If I was to be given a research grant to conduct a linguistic study on ASL and its culture, I would spend time and resources further exploring the different topics that Susmita and I brough up in our final cultural presentation. These include topics
Read more…I believe that the difference between sound and spelling is that spelling is more primarily influenced by cultural factors whereas speech is subject to more internal language related factors such as articulation and airstreams. This distinction is no
Read more…For the final month of SDLAP 113 lecture, I met with my language partner Somyung Kim and Warren Chae over Zoom. We started off our lessons and returned to the same concept of speaking in only Korean with occasional English only for words that we do n
Read more…My target language, Nepali, belongs to Indo-European language (sometimes, but not commonly, also referred to as the Indo-Aryan) language. Nepali is written in the Devanagari script, similar to Sanskrit and Hindi. It shares a lot of similarities with
Read more…Looking back at my progress plan something that I mentioned that has actually really helped me with my progress in learning Nepali has been watching instructional and YouTube videos in my free time. It definitely helped with pronunciation and sentenc
Read more…For the past month, I have been meeting with Logan remotely. We talked about whether the introduction of other media in the lesson was valuable, and I said I thought it was. I think watching movies and reality television is the closest thing one can
Read more…Reflect on your previous experiences as a language learner. What did you enjoy? What did you dislike? Think about the FIRE model and the surveys you have just completed. What kind of learner are you? What kinds of language learning activities suit yo
Read more…Hello everyone!
I apologize for the delay in posting my language journals. We could not start our language lessons until the first week of February because of some logistical issues, but I learnt so much in a single month that I now have a lot of thi
Read more…Reflect on the readings. Do you have any questions about the texts? Are there any claims that you find problematic? Do you think language is a purely biological phenomenon? What parts of the brain are most important for the production and comprehensi
Read more…Now looking back, I realized we went a little bit backwards, but if anything, I think it worked out because these past couple weeks we worked on particles—the unit I found the most challenging and struggled with the most during the fall semester. The
Read more…How do languages go extinct? Respond to the readings, and reflect on what happens when a language dies? How can linguists help preserve a language? Can a ‘dead’ language ever be brought back to life? What efforts are currently underway to document li
Read more…Cultural Post #1 - Newar
For my first cultural post, I wanted to focus on a smaller group of Nepali people that both my parents are part of. Culturally and historically, the history of the Newar people has been intertwined with that of Nepal.
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Read more…I have watched a lot of korean drama this semester. But my favorite one must be True Beauty (여신강림 The Advent of a Goddess) which is a South Korean television series starring Moon Ga-young, Cha Eun-woo, Hwang In-youp, and Park Yoo-na. Based on the Lin
Read more…Hello to everyone reading this! I am excited to begin documenting and sharing my progress as a self-directed language learner focusing on American Sign Language (ASL). I am a beginner in ASL, I was initially curious to take up the language for two im
Read more…What is the difference between sound and spelling? Why is this distinction significant for your language-learning efforts? Describe the phonetic inventory of your target language. Are there sounds in your language that don’t exist in American English
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