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English language arts, which is the study of grammar, usage, and style. English sociolinguistics, including discourse analysis of written and spoken texts in the English language, the history of the English language, English language learning and teaching, and the study of World of English. English linguistics (syntax, morphology, phonetics ...
Poet, author, essayist (North American Academy of the Spanish Language, fellow member) Jesús J. Barquet [3] José Barreiro [4] 1948– Ruth Behar [5] 1956– Juana Borrero [6] 1877–1896 Poet Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros [7] 1803–1866 Richard Blanco [4] 1968– American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer Rafael Campo [2] 1964–
Spanglish is not a creole or dialect of Spanish because, though people claim they are native Spanglish speakers, Spanglish itself is not a language on its own, but speakers speak English or Spanish with a heavy influence from the other language. The definition of Spanglish has been unclearly explained by scholars and linguists, contributing to ...
Only one Spanish king, Peter of Castile, is documented as having a lisp, and the current pronunciation originated two centuries after his death. [98] [99] Sign languages are not the same worldwide. Aside from the pidgin International Sign, each country generally has its own native sign language, and some have more than one. [100]
A bilingual dictionary or translation dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. Bilingual dictionaries can be unidirectional , meaning that they list the meanings of words of one language in another, or can be bidirectional , allowing translation to and from both languages.
This is a list of bodies that consider themselves to be authorities on standard languages, often called language academies.Language academies are motivated by, or closely associated with, linguistic purism and prestige, and typically publish prescriptive dictionaries, [1] which purport to officiate and prescribe the meaning of words and pronunciations.
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.
Encyclopedia Judaica: 26-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and Judaism; Encyclopedia of Associations: also available online as Associations Unlimited; Encyclopedia of Distances: Springer-Verlag 2009; Encyclopedia of Law: 120.000-entry legal encyclopedia with a legal dictionary and legal thesaurus