By Allan Metcalf. You can count on Comments on Etymology to dust off old arguments about word histories and offer a comprehensive and often compelling synthesis. That’s what you’ll find in the October 2014 issue of the monthly journal self-published by Gerald Cohen at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, Mo. Half of the issue goes to China for an investigation of the origins of pagoda. But the other half is Cohen’s history of abacus and its form, as well as its name, in the ancient world. More...

By Lucy Ferriss. Every year, as I fill out my institution’s Professional Activities Inventory, I’m vaguely aware that one of the categories soliciting a response—Mentoring of Colleagues—uses language far more ubiquitous now than when I first became anyone’s colleague. But it was not until I began a writing project this year that has brought me deep into the fields of business and finance that I started hearing mentor and mentee at every turn. More...

Le Ministère de la Défense à lancé un appel à projets pour la mise en oeuvre de formation en langues étrangères en présentiel, au profit de ses cadres supérieurs militaires et civils.

Date limite de remise des plis : le 5 novembre 2014 à 15 heures 30.
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