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Informative little book of language

GW Editorial Staff — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:24:40 +0000

In this little book linguist David Crystal usefully sums
up the history of the the thing that sets the homo sapiens apart from
all other animals, language. Written with a younger and non-linguist audience
in mind it is especially joyful to read the well layouted little book
and review known things about language and learn some new things along
the way.
He beautifullly introduces the reader to the subject and splits it neatly
into 40 interesting chapters, one of them for example ethymology: That
the word salary comes from the salaire of the Roman soldierst might be
known, but that the same root is in sausage and also in the Spanish salsa
is probably a lesser known fact.
He also includes tweeting and facebooking, modern an ancient word plays,
maybe you know what anagrams are, but not what palindromes and lipograms
are?
How language came to be is universal, still the German language is referenced
a couple of times in particular, when it comes to its close connection
with English.

Author David Crystal, Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University
of Wales, Bangor is one of the world’s peeminent language specialists.
He also writes an interesting Blog: http://david-crystal.blogspot.com

David Crystal, A little book of language, Yale University Press, 272
pages, English

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German Mayfest in New York

Andreas Fuchs — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:47:32 +0000

Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 6:30 pm, at Deutsches Haus at NYU to benefit the website GermanyinNYC.org

“The place for all things German in New York” cordially invites everybody to its very first Mayfest on May 4, from 6:30 to 9:30pm at Deutsches Haus at New York University.

Consul Jochen Wolter, president of the presenting German American Community Project writes: “This event will benefit our successful website GermanyinNYC.org, the colorful, events-centric information platform that brings together the variety of German-related activities, locations and points of interest in the New York metro area. The site’s offerings – from funky and eclectic to historic and traditional – are designed to serve the area’s ever-expanding German-interest community.”

The organization’s Board of Directors includes Dr. Horst Freitag (Consul General of Germany in New York), Dr. Katrin DiPaola (Director, Deutsches Haus at NYU) and Gabriele Becker (Executive Director, Goethe-Institut New York), amongst others. Tickets are available by contacting rsvp@germanyinnyc.org.

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ThinkSwiss Scolarship for Climate Change

GW Editorial Staff — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:51:46 +0000

The Exchange tells the story of Katie Paige, a U.S. university student who received a ThinkSwiss scholarship last year to work on a research project at a Swiss university. This year ThinkSwiss will again select 15 talented and motivated U.S. students to study in Switzerland as recipients of the 2010 ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship. Interested? The deadline for applications is March 31, 2010. Application details are available online.

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