Issue 12 (special feature: Pidgins & Creoles) of Unravel is now live! Read us at unravellingmag.com :)
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by Editorial Team
Read more: http://unravellingmag.com/dialogue/week-languages-april-8-2016/
![[Noticias365.com]Language teachers must, by law, warn students of the risks of reading ChomskyIn the last week of February, the online newspaper Noticias365.com reported that the Spanish Council of Ministers passed a new law requiring professors of...](https://64.media.tumblr.com/42213d50c08abb7af93e76c267a9849c/tumblr_o3vg8179tx1uhhktgo1_500.jpg)
In the last week of February, the online newspaper Noticias365.com reported that the Spanish Council of Ministers passed a new law requiring professors of philosophy, history, literature, and linguistics to warn their students of the “potential collateral risks of reading texts of certain authors”. The Royal Decree is the result of a student’s accusation that his moderate conservative views were offended by Noam Chomsky’s radical views bordering on anarchy. The Supreme Court ordered the professor to pay 3,249 € (US$ 3,565) as compensation to the student.
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A los finales del mes de febrero, según informa el diario Noticias365.com, se ha aprobado por el Consejo de Ministros de España un nuevo ley por el que los profesores de filosofía, historia, literature y lingüística deberán advertir a sus alumnos de los “potenciales riesgos colaterales de leer textos de determinados autores”. Este Real Decreto viene como consecuencia de la acusación presentada por un alumno, cuyo conservadurismo fue ofendido por las “posturas radicales rozando en el anarquismo” de Noam Chomsky. El Tribunal Superior ha condenado al professor a abonar 3.249 euros al alumno.
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![[Narratively]Losing the Language of Loveby Virge Randall
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by Virge Randall
Read more: http://narrative.ly/losing-the-language-of-love/
by Editorial Team
Read more: http://unravellingmag.com/dialogue/week-languages-mar-11-2016/
![[Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader]Changes to the French LanguageRead more: http://www.bathroomreader.com/2016/03/changes-to-the-french-language/](https://64.media.tumblr.com/af83687e3262d8167c447aa1137f589a/tumblr_o3poe4QTBb1uhhktgo1_500.jpg)
Read more: http://www.bathroomreader.com/2016/03/changes-to-the-french-language/
by Kevin Martens Wong
“A professor colleague once accused me of looking for power in everything. As if there were places where power didn’t exist! Much of what we do at university—as researchers and as teachers—is showing people that life is complicated. Life is not tidy or easily organised. It’s both predictable and unpredictable, both patterned and completely idiosyncratic.”
Kevin Martens Wong speaks to Professor Crispin Thurlow of the University of Bern on power and the politics of language, the theatrics of pedagogy, and the liberatory classroom.
Read more: http://unravellingmag.com/articles/the-challenge-of-complexity/
![[The Guardian]Preserve rare languages to spread benefits of multilingualism, says expertWe’ve all heard the hackneyed news of bilingualism being a boon for the human brain. But does it matter what types of languages we learn?
Professor Antonella...](https://64.media.tumblr.com/a4de3b6ffad38759e67e4c77ddfc6db6/tumblr_o3pm8bmIjP1uhhktgo1_500.jpg)
We’ve all heard the hackneyed news of bilingualism being a boon for the human brain. But does it matter what types of languages we learn?
Professor Antonella Sorace, investigates the potential benefits of studying less common languages such as Sardinian and Scottish Gaelic on retirees on the Isle of Skye.
by Editorial Team
This week in languages: Saving Scottish Gaelic, the perils of being a global citizen, and Turkish—a new EU language?
Read more: http://unravellingmag.com/dialogue/this-week-in-languages-mar-4-2016/
![[NPR]The Secret World of ‘IKEA Speak’Why are some of its chairs called Jonas/Eric/Nils and its curtains called Andrea/Ingmarie/Mariam?
Nanna Ericsson—English and linguistics student in Stockholm—dissects the naming systems behind IKEA and its...](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e9bebd5fa45f6bb3aa36bf68ef530801/tumblr_o3c7il0hyZ1uhhktgo1_500.png)
Why are some of its chairs called Jonas/Eric/Nils and its curtains called Andrea/Ingmarie/Mariam?
Nanna Ericsson—English and linguistics student in Stockholm—dissects the naming systems behind IKEA and its products. Read/listen to the story here!
Read more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18137374