Some revolutionary words
- revolution = revolución
- liberty = libertad
- change = cambio
- nation = nación
- action = acción
- resistance = resistencia
- solidarity = solidaridad
- hope = esperanza
- education = educación
- health = salud
- love = amor
- brotherhood/sisterhood = hermandad
- humanity = humanidad
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27th March 2012
Reblogged From political-linguaphile-deactivat
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“We should begin by taking rigorous account of this being held within [prise] or this surprise: the writer writes in language and in a logic whose proper system, laws, and life his discourse by definition cannot dominate absolutely. He uses them only by letting himself, after a fashion and up to a point, be governed by the system. And the reading must always aim at a certain relationship, unperceived by the writer, between what he commands and what he does not command of the patterns of the language that he uses. This relationship is not a certain quantitative distribution of shadow and light, of weakness or of force, but a signifying structure that critical reading should produce.”
From Derrida’s Of Grammatology: The Exorbitant. Question of Method, 1967
Paul de Man, “Semiology and Rhetoric” (via sonofapritch)
Still one of the best anecdotes in any piece of scholarly writing, ever.
(via sonofapritch)
This is an ongoing project of mine to have a page that links to resources for learning Arabic. It’s short now, so send me any sites/books/etc you find and I’ll add them.
This is a website that collects free educational material on the web. There are lots of good lectures, but of relevance for Arabic is the language section. It links to some iTunes courses.
FSI was a government program to train diplomats to speak languages they needed for their jobs. So, since the government created all of these programs, they’re not under any copyright. There are several courses for learning Arabic on this site. They’re good but dated and focused on what a diplomat would need. Lots of audio, which is always good.
An amazing resource for pretty much any language. People upload pdfs, audio, etc of popular courses and books for pretty much any language. All of the al-Kitaab series is on here with the DVDs. There’s so many Arabic courses I couldn’t even begin to link to them all. This is good if you see something like Pimsleur and realize you can’t afford it.
A forum dedicated to learning languages. Lots of advice on programs, books, grammar, etc. Arabic is becoming quite popular on there, so if you have any questions, look here.
Of course reddit has to show up. They’ve compiled a list of language learning resources for a lot of languages. Arabic only has one site, but there are some good links to other general language stuff, such as flashcard programs.
This site lists a lot of public domain books on Arabic (and other languages). I haven’t explored it too much yet, but it looks pretty good.
This site has tons of vocabulary lists and grammar explanations. Unfortunately, it looks like the owner didn’t pay his registration. I’ve saved all of the pages from google cache and can upload them to rapidshare or something if asked.
This is a youtuber who has uploaded a lot of videos on learning Arabic and also learning languages in general. He has some really cool theories and his video on Arabic resources is really good.
This site translates two Arabic newspaper articles every week. It’s not free, but each word is translated and you can read the Arabic version side-by-side with the English version and click on an Arabic word to see what it is in English. They also have audio of all of the articles. It’s pretty good and only like 8 dollars a month.
This is a book written to take you from beginner Arabic to advanced Arabic. It covers a lot of stuff that is glossed over in most Arabic textbooks. Most languages have books like this, but this seems to be the only for Arabic and it’s out of print, unfortunately. So here’s a download link.
This is all that comes to me now. If you have any more ideas, send them to me and I’ll add them. I’ll probably be updating this over the next few weeks.
Reblogging because I posted this at 1 AM. Again, let me know if you have any other resources, corrections, questions, etc.
This is an ongoing project of mine to have a page that links to resources for learning Arabic. It’s short now, so send me any sites/books/etc you find and I’ll add them.
This is a website that collects free educational material on the web. There are lots of good lectures, but of relevance for Arabic is the language section. It links to some iTunes courses.
FSI was a government program to train diplomats to speak languages they needed for their jobs. So, since the government created all of these programs, they’re not under any copyright. There are several courses for learning Arabic on this site. They’re good but dated and focused on what a diplomat would need. Lots of audio, which is always good.
An amazing resource for pretty much any language. People upload pdfs, audio, etc of popular courses and books for pretty much any language. All of the al-Kitaab series is on here with the DVDs. There’s so many Arabic courses I couldn’t even begin to link to them all. This is good if you see something like Pimsleur and realize you can’t afford it.
A forum dedicated to learning languages. Lots of advice on programs, books, grammar, etc. Arabic is becoming quite popular on there, so if you have any questions, look here.
Of course reddit has to show up. They’ve compiled a list of language learning resources for a lot of languages. Arabic only has one site, but there are some good links to other general language stuff, such as flashcard programs.
This site lists a lot of public domain books on Arabic (and other languages). I haven’t explored it too much yet, but it looks pretty good.
This site has tons of vocabulary lists and grammar explanations. Unfortunately, it looks like the owner didn’t pay his registration. I’ve saved all of the pages from google cache and can upload them to rapidshare or something if asked.
This is a youtuber who has uploaded a lot of videos on learning Arabic and also learning languages in general. He has some really cool theories and his video on Arabic resources is really good.
This site translates two Arabic newspaper articles every week. It’s not free, but each word is translated and you can read the Arabic version side-by-side with the English version and click on an Arabic word to see what it is in English. They also have audio of all of the articles. It’s pretty good and only like 8 dollars a month.
This is a book written to take you from beginner Arabic to advanced Arabic. It covers a lot of stuff that is glossed over in most Arabic textbooks. Most languages have books like this, but this seems to be the only for Arabic and it’s out of print, unfortunately. So here’s a download link.
This is all that comes to me now. If you have any more ideas, send them to me and I’ll add them. I’ll probably be updating this over the next few weeks.
Newt Gingrich promises to make English the official language of government, but on Monday he sent an e-mail appeal in Spanish asking for support at the Iowa caucuses.
With the subject line, “Ayudenos en Iowa,” the message continued in Spanish: “The Hispanic community is so important to the success of this campaign and you can make all the difference by making calls and getting the citizens of Iowa to vote on Jan. 3.’’
It asked supporters to make phone calls from home to rally voters, explaining how to log on to the campaign’s Web site. “Please note there is a choice on top where you can switch between English and Spanish, depending on the language of the person who answers,’’ the message explained. Mr. Gingrich also has a Spanish version of his campaign site.
Mr. Gingrich, like the other Republican candidates, regularly hears at town hall meetings in Iowa that a slice of voters are deeply disturbed about the 11 million or so illegal immigrants in the country. A woman pressed him at an appearance here on Monday: “How can you convince me and others that you’re the candidate” who’s going to do something?
He repeated that he would make English the official language of government, a call that earned him some of the loudest applause of the day.
I love Newt for pure hypocrisy like this.
al-Kitaab is a horrible textbook.
FRANK Luntz is like a serial killer of the English language.
As soon as I heard the term “job creators,” I said to myself, “that sounds like Frank Luntz talking.” And sure enough, it’s right in there in Frank Luntz’s latest book, Win: The Key Principles to Take Your Business from Ordinary to Extraordinary. Here are Luntz’s exact words: “You don’t create jobs by making life difficult for job creators.” That’s under the heading “The Ten Rules for 2012: What Americans Really Want to Hear from Their Representatives.”
Here is Luntz’s list of what we all “really” want to hear in 2012:
- I will never accept the status quo.
- I will never apologize for America.
- I will find at least one penny of waste to cut from every dollar of spending.
- I will never raise taxes in a recession.
- You don’t work for me. I work for you.
- I will fight for the public’s right to know the cost and consequences of every piece of legislation and regulation.
- I will always prioritize American rights over the rights of those who wish to do us harm.
- I will work with anyone who will work with me.
- I will always support freedom.
- I still believe in the American principle: of the people, by the people, for the people.
Note the absence of anything even resembling a policy, a program, or a solution to anyone’s problems. So, for instance, the Luntzified Republican Party’s health care plan really is, “don’t get sick.”
And leaving Ron Paul aside, doesn’t that Luntz list sound like every single Republican candidate for President?
And almost every Republican Governor? And almost every Republican Senator? And, of course, Sarah Palin?
Which suggests this startling possibility: If they all read Luntz’s book, then they all know how to read.
(Source: theamericanbear)
