By Allan Metcalf. What if everyone born within a particular generation shared the same view of the world, a view that was different from that of generations before and after. More...
2 novembre 2015
2 novembre 2015
All Downhill From Here
By Anne Curzan. A friend of mine’s daughter spotted a (semi-) auto-antonym — a word that has two opposing meanings — that was not on my radar: downhill. More...
2 novembre 2015
Going Grammando
By Anne Curzan. There is a great new word that promises to get us out of a not so great metaphor. I’m going to plead its case and hope against hope that the word might get some traction. More...
2 novembre 2015
From Seneca to Self-Help
By Amitava Kumar. In 1997, Alain de Botton published his book How Proust Can Change Your Life. I was charmed by it. I remember using it in a course on cultural criticism for a graduate class that had a mix of theorists and creative writers. More...
2 novembre 2015
Being a Pronoun
By Geoffrey Pullum. Chapter 5 of Lindley Murray’s English Grammar (1795) begins thus:
A PRONOUN is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word.
The definition is useless: flagrantly inadequate. Yet after more than two centuries people still repeat it. Chapter 5 of Nevile M. Gwynne’s book Gwynne’s Grammar (2011), like almost all other grammar books addressed to the general public, simply paraphrases Murray. More...
2 novembre 2015
Evasive Passives in Texas
By Geoffrey Pullum. Ellen Bresler Rockmore, in her New York Times op-ed “How Texas Teaches History,” levels a grammatical accusation against history textbooks recently approved for use in Texas schools. More...
2 novembre 2015
Saying ‘the’ in German
By Geoffrey Pullum. As I have explained, I spent 18 months of my dissolute youth in Germany without learning German. I still feel a little ashamed every time I visit that fine country. More...
2 novembre 2015
Campus Tech Leaders Report More Support for Free Educational Materials
By Ellen Wexler. College technology leaders appear more optimistic these days about open-source textbooks and open educational resources — teaching and learning materials that can be used at no cost. More...
2 novembre 2015
Digital Writing Month: Striving for Inclusion in Open Online Learning
By Maha Bali. I’ve been working for some time on ideas of inclusion & (in)equality in open education, and of the possibility of a postcolonial MOOC (with Shyam Sharma), and gathering ideas from others on how to envision a more inclusive, diverse and equitable open online learning experience. Read more...2 novembre 2015
Making a WordPress Site Multilingual
By Amy Cavender. WordPress is a favorite tool of many of us here at ProfHacker. It’s great for running a course website, maintaining a professional portfolio, running a blog (ProfHacker runs on WordPress), or managing almost any other sort of website, really. Read more...
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