Language
The other day I was in a conversation and couldn’t for the life of me retrieve the Gàidhlig word for “question”. All I could think of was freagairt, which is “answer”. I had to ask what it was. It’s ceist, of course. Duh. That’s a word I
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This was mentioned to me by a student recently in a small group class that I am kind-of mentoring, and I think it’s worth adapting and sharing. The original idea, or at least where the student got it from, is Daniel Wallace, here. It’s the idea that
Language
I'm trying to cultivate a new habit, and the title is it. Everytime I find myself writing something like, "the word ὑπόστασις means "blah de blah blah'", I stop and rewrite it to something more like, "the word ὑπόστασις translates as 'blah&
Greek
(I'm mostly in the midst of doing a lot of thesis writing, but thought I could take some time out to ride a hobby horse). * Knowing a language isn't a qualification for teaching a language. We usually think that knowing something is a pre-requisite for
Greek
This week we’re going to talk about voice in Greek and ‘deponency’. In some ways this is the most radical element of the new understandings, for those training in a traditional scheme. And yet, on the other hand, it is one of the elements about which there is the
Language
As I mature as both a reader of ancient texts and a teacher, I find myself saying a lot more, "It depends...", as well as "You could translate it that way", "That's one way to render it", and a lot of "
Language
One way to look at language as a phenomenon is to realise that it solves problems. That 'problem' is communication, and so language solves a set of problems that range from the most simplistic (I want you to give me a rock), to the incredibly complex (I want
Language
The Patrologist has been quiet lately because he's in Mongolia teaching Ephesians in Greek. It's really a test of one's linguistic competencies to explain the intricacies of Pauline grammar and theology in a third language while your notes are in your first. But it
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You know, at the end of last week I put up that youtube video with an invitation to come and learn some Latin with me through CKI. I knew before I posted it that there would be errors, because I know that anytime I speak in a non-native language
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I’ve been trying to figure out how to write about this for a while, and I don’t think I’ve got it worked out yet. Firstly, what’s the gap between literal and figurative language? Literal language is generally thought of as ‘according to the proper meaning of
Language
It’s not infrequently that I get asked a version of the first question. It happened a week or so ago, a girl in my research office casually started conversation with, “So, how many language do you speak?” My reaction varies a little based on the question, or more precisely
Language
Okay, Let’s look at Learning with Texts, and how to get set up and going with it. A lot of information in this post is totally derived from this post over at DIY Classics. I 100% tell you to go and read that post. My aim is to supplement