LanguageLover Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Hi Roro
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00 I'm back. First, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am from Iran, and I'm living in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, right now. In my country, there is not a bachelor degree in linguistics. It seems weird, doesn't it? Anyway, that's why that the subjects and the material we study for the master degree are more of an itroductory nature! I think that generative grammar was the only subject we had to pass that gave us a deeper insight to one of the current theories, and I think still the most dominant one. And for my thesis, I chose to work on an HPSG parser, since at that time, 6-7 years ago, there were lots of NLP projects around the world based on an HPSG grammar. Though HPSG makes use of a formal language, but they do not pay much attention to the semantics comparing to syntax. However, I think they study semantics more closely now, I noticed their attempts to do so at that time. 02 br
00 Anyway, unfortunately I didn't continue linguistics after I was graduated. It's a pity, I know. Though I loved my field, and I still do, I am too lazy to do anything on my own. I was a lexicographer at that time, somehow related to linguistics- reference books are my another passion- but when we moved here, I didn't have anything to do! 02 br
00 Just recently I talked to one of my teachers who is working on the role of immigration to language. Since here is an ideal place for such kind of research, I'd like to study the speakers of different language communities here. Quite interestingly, only about %20 of the population here are locals, who speak Arabic of course. About %50 are from the southern parts of Asia, mostly Indians and Philipinos. And over %20 are from Iran. And the rest are from the rest of the world! I think that's quite interesting and could be a good start for me to make myself busy with linguistics! Though it is far from the things that are going around in linguistics these days, including formal semantics, .... 02 br
00 I remember buying a book on formal semantics with the hope of reading it someday, but whenever I turned the pages I felt the same that you described! 02 br
00 I talk a lot, that's another of my weak points, I hope that you can bear with me! 0-
00 I'm back. First, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am from Iran, and I'm living in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, right now. In my country, there is not a bachelor degree in linguistics. It seems weird, doesn't it? Anyway, that's why that the subjects and the material we study for the master degree are more of an itroductory nature! I think that generative grammar was the only subject we had to pass that gave us a deeper insight to one of the current theories, and I think still the most dominant one. And for my thesis, I chose to work on an HPSG parser, since at that time, 6-7 years ago, there were lots of NLP projects around the world based on an HPSG grammar. Though HPSG makes use of a formal language, but they do not pay much attention to the semantics comparing to syntax. However, I think they study semantics more closely now, I noticed their attempts to do so at that time. 02 br
00 Anyway, unfortunately I didn't continue linguistics after I was graduated. It's a pity, I know. Though I loved my field, and I still do, I am too lazy to do anything on my own. I was a lexicographer at that time, somehow related to linguistics- reference books are my another passion- but when we moved here, I didn't have anything to do! 02 br
00 Just recently I talked to one of my teachers who is working on the role of immigration to language. Since here is an ideal place for such kind of research, I'd like to study the speakers of different language communities here. Quite interestingly, only about %20 of the population here are locals, who speak Arabic of course. About %50 are from the southern parts of Asia, mostly Indians and Philipinos. And over %20 are from Iran. And the rest are from the rest of the world! I think that's quite interesting and could be a good start for me to make myself busy with linguistics! Though it is far from the things that are going around in linguistics these days, including formal semantics, .... 02 br
00 I remember buying a book on formal semantics with the hope of reading it someday, but whenever I turned the pages I felt the same that you described! 02 br
00 I talk a lot, that's another of my weak points, I hope that you can bear with me! 0-
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0 Hi LanguageLover. I was looking forward to your post, and I'm very glad at reading it. Very heartwarming.
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0 Hi LanguageLover. I was looking forward to your post, and I'm very glad at reading it. Very heartwarming. 02 br
00 You're from Iran! I love Iranian films ... 01 i 00 Ta'm e Guliass, Khane doust kodjast 02 i 00 , directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and 01 i 00 Bacheha-Ye aseman 02 i 00 ... I really love those cinemas. Actors' perfomance is marvelous. They go
00 You're from Iran! I love Iranian films ... 01 i 00 Ta'm e Guliass, Khane doust kodjast 02 i 00 , directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and 01 i 00 Bacheha-Ye aseman 02 i 00 ... I really love those cinemas. Actors' perfomance is marvelous. They go
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0 Thanks Roro, 02 br
00 It's so interesting to know that you've watched these movies and enjoyed them, and more importantly you remember the names in Persian! Incredible! Something I'm not good at it at all! I really like these movies, especially Where's the friend's house? You probably know that there was a massive earthquake 15 years ago in the northern provinces of Iran, including
00 It's so interesting to know that you've watched these movies and enjoyed them, and more importantly you remember the names in Persian! Incredible! Something I'm not good at it at all! I really like these movies, especially Where's the friend's house? You probably know that there was a massive earthquake 15 years ago in the northern provinces of Iran, including
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0 Hello again, 02 br
00 I have only seen the movie, Lawrence of Arabia. It's beautiful. 02 br
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00 I'd like to complete this sentence as " than Arabs". Though we are neighbours, there are lots of things that I do not understand about Arabs. For example, na
00 I have only seen the movie, Lawrence of Arabia. It's beautiful. 02 br
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00 It seems to me you have different morals, ethics 12 blockquote12 br
00 I'd like to complete this sentence as " than Arabs". Though we are neighbours, there are lots of things that I do not understand about Arabs. For example, na
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0 Hi, LanguageLover! 02 br
00 No, no, I didn't remember the names in Persian .. oh, sorry ... I didn't know Persian, even a word of it, to my deep regret. I just have promotional brochures of those movies. There's nothing incredible. I turned red when I read your post ... 05 0 02 br
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00 I lost the chance to see 01 i 00 And life goes on 02 i 00 an
00 No, no, I didn't remember the names in Persian .. oh, sorry ... I didn't know Persian, even a word of it, to my deep regret. I just have promotional brochures of those movies. There's nothing incredible. I turned red when I read your post ... 05 0 02 br
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00 I lost the chance to see 01 i 00 And life goes on 02 i 00 an
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00 Is there an Iranian film festival running? Good for you. (don't be so shy, it's no need to turn red, I can't even see you! ha ha) 02 br
00 The scenery and nature in the color of paradise is more beautiful than the ones you saw. It's a pity that the political system in Iran doesn't attract the tourists, though Iran is very beautiful and owns lots of tourist
00 Is there an Iranian film festival running? Good for you. (don't be so shy, it's no need to turn red, I can't even see you! ha ha) 02 br
00 The scenery and nature in the color of paradise is more beautiful than the ones you saw. It's a pity that the political system in Iran doesn't attract the tourists, though Iran is very beautiful and owns lots of tourist
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0 Hi LanguageLover, you're very good at English! I still have difficulties in making sure whether my spelling is correct or not. 30 minutes ago before I could manage to make a post, you made a new post already. I'm surprised! 02 br
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00 What you've written about the Iranians nationality was something new to me, completely. If my comment in the previous post sounded too carel
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00 What you've written about the Iranians nationality was something new to me, completely. If my comment in the previous post sounded too carel
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0 Hey Roro, 02 br
00 I also check for the spellings sometimes. There is always at least 2 dictinaries open on my computer, the Cobuild, and an English to Persian one. There are 2 Persian to English dictionaries at my desk, that I do not use often. And I've just bought a copy of the Oxford from Iran that I haven't installed it yet, and there is also the online Cambridge dictionary,... T
00 I also check for the spellings sometimes. There is always at least 2 dictinaries open on my computer, the Cobuild, and an English to Persian one. There are 2 Persian to English dictionaries at my desk, that I do not use often. And I've just bought a copy of the Oxford from Iran that I haven't installed it yet, and there is also the online Cambridge dictionary,... T
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0 I forgot to answer your question about the sitation of English in Iran. Unfortunately, except for the younger generations in big cities, ordinary people can't speak English. Isfahan is the city with the largest number of tourists, the situation there is a bit different, I think. Because you know, they have to sell their beautiful handicraft items to the foreigners! However, Iranians are usuall
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0 Yes, it's important for me! Thank you for your information! I really hope that someday my dream would come true. 02 br
00 I become acquainted with you more and more. Seems your love for languages is becoming an obsession 05 0 02 br
00 I like that, though! 02 br
00 You've written to me today a lot what I didn't know until now. I'm thinking about it now. I'd like t
00 I become acquainted with you more and more. Seems your love for languages is becoming an obsession 05 0 02 br
00 I like that, though! 02 br
00 You've written to me today a lot what I didn't know until now. I'm thinking about it now. I'd like t
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0 Hi LanguageLover again. 02 br
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00 I've just checked some HPs of Isfahan, and found 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 picture of mosque which gave me a very, very strong impression just a few months ago. What a coincidence...! 02 br
00 The blue mosque, astonishing beautiful (I don't know the proper name of it) ... it's beauty is beyoud expression. 02 br
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00 I've just checked some HPs of Isfahan, and found 01 i 00 the 02 i 00 picture of mosque which gave me a very, very strong impression just a few months ago. What a coincidence...! 02 br
00 The blue mosque, astonishing beautiful (I don't know the proper name of it) ... it's beauty is beyoud expression. 02 br
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