Modular Aggregation of Principles for Bible Translation
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- DRDaniel RodriguezOct 21, 2015
BH Prepositions as Key Terms: אחר
Extracted text from Rodriguez_BT2015.pdf: 1 D. Rodriguez 20 Oct 2015 BH prepositions as key terms "Key terms are often seen as a special set of biblical words with such rich and complex meanings that even the best terms…
- AKAnne KompaoreOct 10, 2015
Semantics of Biblical Hebrew Database
I have recently started a new group in MAP called Semantics of Biblical Hebrew Research Database, where I would welcome anyone who has done research on Biblical Hebrew terms to post their material. It does not have to be…
- RBRobert BascomOct 2, 2015
Michael Tomasello
A nice intro to Tomasello's basic "big idea." Some background... Application to humans and morality... Even a mini-course!
- RBRobert BascomOct 1, 2015
Perception is adaptive
So what does this have to do with translation? If communication, both as perception and cognition, is indeed primarily adaptive for the purposes of human interaction (cooperation/competition/expression), then we need to…
- RBRobert BascomOct 1, 2015
The domestication of dogs and translation
This post, along with a few others I will try to gather into a coherent series, strongly suggest that animals' (including humans') perception and knowledge are essentially adaptive in nature. Basically this means we perc…
- RBRobert BascomSep 17, 2015
Frames, again.
But maybe frames can be rehabilitated. I always thought they should be seen as dynamic ("framing," a la Erving Goffman) rather than portrayed in the static way they usually were/are. But recently I found what I think is…
- RBRobert BascomAug 26, 2015
Cultural Linguistics, Social Cognitive Neuroscience, et. al. (academia.edu)
As a sub-field of linguistics, Cultural Linguistics has the potential to bring forth a model that successfully melds together complementary approaches, e.g., viewing language as ‘a complex adaptive system’ and bringing t…
- RBRobert BascomAug 24, 2015
Reproducción cultural
Extracted text from Reproducci_nCultural.pptx: Reproduccin cultural Cmo nos formamos grupos? Cuntos amigos tienes en FaceBook? Cuntos de ellos consideras como amigos cercanos o ntimos? Cmo nos formamos grupos? Algunos mo…
- RBRobert BascomJul 24, 2015
Cognitive Linguistics (academia.edu)
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- RBRobert BascomJul 4, 2015
The influence of social, cultural, and natural factors on language structure
This is a draft version of what will be chapter one of a book on this subject. It is interesting to see a "weak" version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (which was never fully deterministic in any case) making a comeback.
- RBRobert BascomJul 4, 2015
Hyperbole in the Sermon on the Mount
First, several unrelated comments are in order: 1\. When I accuse my wife of exaggerating, she often replies: "I was just trying to get across the emotional truth." Now she can defend herself with this academic article:…
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Cognitive Linguistics
This is another contribution from Schmid:
- RBRobert BascomJun 28, 2015
Kiki or Bouba?
Test: Images: Activity: Game: Synesthesia?
- RBRobert BascomJun 15, 2015
Usos
Hay más material en inglés aquí: Extracted text from Usos__affordances_.pdf: Usos (affordances) James Gibson Don Norman Que hace este objeto? (o que puede hacer uno con l/ella?) Y (con) estos? Y (con) estos? Y (con) esto…
- RBRobert BascomMay 26, 2015
How to Think Like a Psychologist
In lecture #6, language, framing and identity are brought together. For example, social psychology experiments indicate that using complex nouns ("I am a helper") rather than verbal phrases ("I help people") primes subje…
- RBRobert BascomMay 18, 2015
SITUATION MODELS, MENTAL SIMULATIONS, AND ABSTRACT CONCEPTS IN DISCOURSE COMPREHENSION
The egg is in the carton and the egg was in the skillet differ in an interesting way. This article explains how and why.
- RBRobert BascomMay 5, 2015
The Interface between Scientific and Technical Translation Studies and Cognitive Linguistics
Scientific and Technical Translation (STT) is a highly complex and knowledge-intensive field of translation and cognitive linguistics is a usage-based linguistic framework which provides powerful theoretical tools for mo…
- RBRobert BascomMay 5, 2015
Enactive neuroscience
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- RBRobert BascomApr 20, 2015
Keith Nolan: Deaf in the military
What if you had to always have a translator/interpreter with you to communicate with the rest of the world? How would you adapt in order to free yourself from such a limitation?
- RBRobert BascomApr 18, 2015
#SinTraducción
Here is the L.A. Times article that piqued my interest in this ad campaign. It clearly shows how communication and language crucially depend on and are always in the service of personal and group identity. Here is the co…