DIA linguistics contract for SAIC - United Press International
25 May 2012, 8:12 am
MCLEAN, Va., May 25 (UPI) -- linguistic, operational, translation and management services in support of the U.S. National Media Exploitation Center are to be provided by SAIC. The Virginia company said the contract for services it received from ...

Harper Government Launches Consultations on the Roadmap for Canada's linguistic Duality - CNW Group
22 May 2012, 7:54 am
MONCTON, May 22, 2012 /CNW/ - The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today launched the first in a series of Government of Canada pan-Canadian consultations on official languages. "Canada's two official languages ...

Borderline Views: Hebrew and the language of science - Jerusalem Post
21 May 2012, 2:00 pm
Radio and TV broadcasters, the Haaretz newspaper, Israeli authors and playwrights, linguistic and literature professors at universities all speak a “higher” form of the language, many of the terminologies and phrases of which are not commonly used by ...

Gay marriage debate is all in the language - PennLive.com
20 May 2012, 1:15 am
The problem of same-sex marriage is one of semantics, defined as that branch of linguistic research concerned with studying the meaning, and changes in meaning, of words. For centuries, marriage referred to the uniting in matrimony of a man and ...

The Most Powerful Special Interest in Washington: The Acronym - New York Times
19 May 2012, 3:57 pm
We are interuppting FiveThirtyEight’s regular data-driven analysis for an important public service announcement: A linguistic plague is creeping through the nation’s capital. From the House to the Senate, a demon lurks, luring the country ...

Josh Freed: Participation in strike shows linguistic divide - montrealgazette.com
18 May 2012, 6:57 pm
MONTREAL - Charest’s special law lengthens this school year into September, one group will be largely missing from the extra makeup classes – students who attend English schools. That’s because they’ve been more attached to classes than to CLASSE.

Daycare amendments have linguistic camps divided - CBC
17 May 2012, 5:11 pm
Proposed amendments to the province’s Early Learning and Childcare Act are coming under fire from both the anglophone and francophone communities. The changes, introduced Wednesday, could force new daycares in the province to choose between an English ...

Bangladesh tribes fear linguistic ‘genocide’ - DAWN Group
13 May 2012, 9:41 pm
DALOIPARA (Bangladesh): Bangladesh can justly claim to be a nation born of language, but its status as a cradle of linguistic diversity is under threat from nationalist pride and economic growth. Of the more than 30 recognised languages spoken ...

Caste, linguistic groups high on Gujarat agenda - Daily Pioneer
13 May 2012, 1:41 pm
Though the next Assembly elections in the State are more than six months away, a subtle campaign has already been launched by the major political parties here. As the political agenda for the forthcoming polls is not yet been outlined, this time the ...

Panel wants to protect linguistic minority schools - Daily News and Analysis
12 May 2012, 10:18 pm
The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI), a quasi-judicial body, wants linguistic minorities to be treated on a par with religious minorities. So far the commission has lacked jurisdiction to protect educational institutions ...