using ultrasound to save dying languages

Started by Kì'eyawn, January 04, 2011, 02:01:14 PM

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Kì'eyawn

How cool is this?  They're using ultrasound to better understand how certain phonemes are articulated in disappearing languages.  Awesome!
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judytuna

Wow, that's sweet.

Quote"You can imagine if you walk into a village and say, 'Look, people, all I want to do is blow-dry your tongue and glue things to it,' people might be a little nervous," says Diana Archangeli, a linguistics professor at the University of Arizona who has worked with ultrasound since 2004.

hahaha!

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Quote from: judytuna on January 05, 2011, 01:26:07 AM
Quote"You can imagine if you walk into a village and say, 'Look, people, all I want to do is blow-dry your tongue and glue things to it,' people might be a little nervous," says Diana Archangeli, a linguistics professor at the University of Arizona who has worked with ultrasound since 2004.

hahaha!

I HRRH'd at that too XD

I wonder what will come up when they approach a language like !Xóõ...

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Nyx

It sounds like such a simple solution that it should've been thought of ages ago. I like that kind of solution :)

Kì'eyawn

Quote from: Nyx on January 05, 2011, 09:20:04 AM
It sounds like such a simple solution that it should've been thought of ages ago. I like that kind of solution :)

That's the best kind  ;)  Ingenious in its simplicity.  Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is seeing a new use for an old thing...
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Interesting, maybe it will make all those sounds easier to learn :)
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Quote from: Nyx on January 05, 2011, 09:20:04 AM
It sounds like such a simple solution that it should've been thought of ages ago. I like that kind of solution :)
Lately I saw a commercial about a DIY-store and that their paint now is in square casings, not a round casing at is used to be, so that it easier to use.

I was really facepalming at that actually :P  ( I never thought of it since I don't go to the DIY-store or use paint for decorating of the walls of some sort )
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