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The music of Sign Language

When I started learning ASL (American Sign Language), I found this richness of conveyable meanings absolutely mind blowing (my interst comes from the fact that I often write algorithms to analyze language nuances in AI applications).Christine Sun Kim's analogy is a wonderful way to describe this richness. https://www.ted.com/talks/christine_sun_kim_the_enchanting_music_of_sign_language

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Huginn and Muninn in the Grímnismál

Huginn ok Muninnfljúga hverjan dagJörmungrund yfir;óumk ek of Huginat hann aftr né komit,þó sjámk meir um Munin.[Grímnismál] Huginn and Muninn? Photo taken from internet Huginn and Muninnfly each dayover the spacious earth.I fear for Huginn,that he come not back,yet more anxious am I for Muninn[Grímnismál] Grímnismál is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda.…

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Do you know Coptic? Here is the Lord’s prayer.

Today, I want to share with you something related to languages and linguistics. One of the languages I read is Coptic. Coptic is a language family of several dialects coming from the Ancient Egyptian language, which was spoken by the Copts of Egypt, starting from the third century AD in Roman Egypt. Coptic has no…

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Japanese Proverb #2

井の中の蛙大海を知らず Photo by Hernan Pauccara on Pexels.com A frog in a well knows nothing of the sea. The meaning of the proverb is that most of us see the world only through our limited perspective. We tend to consider ourselves smarter and more important than we really are. But this is just something due to…