
Seeking a Universal Tongue
On 25 March 2022, a panel “Seeking a Universal Tongue: Esperanto and Politics in East Asia” took place at the annual conference of the Association for Asian Studies in Honolulu, Hawaii. The panel presented papers by Joshua Fogel (York University, Canada), Yauheniya Hudziyeva (Waseda University, Japan), Kazumi Kamimura (Josai University, Japan) and Edwin Michielsen (University of Toronto,...

En busca de una lengua universal
El 25 de marzo de 2022, se llevó a cabo un panel "En busca de una lengua universal: el esperanto y la política en el este de Asia" en la conferencia anual de la Asociación de Estudios Asiáticos en Honolulu, Hawái. El panel presentó trabajos de Joshua Fogel (Universidad de York, Canadá), Yauheniya Hudziyeva (Universidad de Waseda, Japón), Kazumi Kamimura (Universidad de Josai, Japón) y Edwin...

Serĉante universalan lingvon
La 25-an de marto 2022, panelo “Serĉante universalan lingvon: Esperanto kaj politiko en Orient-Azio” okazis en la jarkonferenco de Asocio por Aziaj Studoj en Honolulu (Havajo). La panelo prezentis artikolojn de Joshua Fogel (Universitato de York, Kanado), Yauheniya Hudziyeva (Vaseda-Universitato, Japanio), Kazumi Kamimura (Josai-Universitato, Japanio) kaj Edwin Michielsen (Universitato de...

Why celebrate language days?
Why does the Esperanto movement celebrate the special days of the six official languages of the United Nations? These languages have grown strong not via their cultural achievements – though their achievements are enormous – but through their military and economic power. Three of them – English, French and Spanish – have become world languages because of their overseas colonies and other...

¿Por qué celebrar días de idiomas?
¿Por qué el movimiento esperantista celebra los días especiales de los seis idiomas oficiales de las Naciones Unidas? Estos idiomas se han fortalecido no a través de sus logros culturales, aunque sus logros son enormes, sino a través de su poder militar y económico. Tres de ellos, inglés, francés y español, se han convertido en idiomas mundiales debido a sus colonias de ultramar y otros...

Kial festi lingvajn tagojn?
Kial la Esperanto-movado festas la specialajn tagojn de la ses oficialaj lingvoj de Unuiĝintaj Nacioj? Tiuj lingvoj fariĝis fortaj ne pro siaj kulturaj atingoj – kvankam tiuj atingoj estis grandegaj – sed pro sia milita kaj ekonomia potenco. Tri el ili – la angla, franca kaj hispana – fariĝis mondaj lingvoj pro siaj transmaraj kolonioj kaj aliaj posedaĵoj, kiujn ili konkeris perforte. La aliaj...

Numismatics: an Esperanto cultural treasure trove no longer in the dark (1)
While ESF Connected lets us shine a vigorous light on this infrequently seen topic, we must advise readers that the following presentation of the role of Esperanto numismatics in the culture of Esperanto can offer only a concise and partial picture. Nevertheless, we will point out an easy way for readers to satisfy their curiosity and complete their knowledge of this phenomenon through a free...

Numismática: un tesoro cultural del esperanto que ya no está oculto (1)
Si bien ESF Connected nos ha permitido arrojar una luz vigorosa sobre este tema que se ve con poca frecuencia, debemos advertir a los lectores que la siguiente presentación del papel de la numismática en esperanto en la cultura del esperanto puede ofrecer sólo una imagen concisa y parcial. No obstante, indicaremos una manera fácil para que los lectores satisfagan su curiosidad y completen el...
Bulletin · Bulteno
Short bilingual announcements of publications and projects
Mallongaj dulingvaj anoncoj pri eldonaĵoj kaj projektoj
Contribute an item · Kontribui eron
How fetuses learn language · Kiel fetoj lernas lingvon
Research has shown that babies are born with the ability to recognise familiar sounds and language patterns. The study found that in the last 10 weeks of pregnancy, fetuses are listening to their mothers communicate, and when they are born, they can indicate what...
Discrimination against foreign accents · Diskriminacio kontraŭ fremdaj akĉentoj
A study published last year by Katarzyna Boduch-Grabka and Shiri Lev-Ari of Royal Holloway, University of London shows that a short exposure to a foreign accent can reduce the bias that causes people to believe information less when it is presented in a non-native...
“Racism” has too many definitions · “Rasismo” havas tro da difinoj
This article by John McWhorter points out that the word “racism” increasingly refers both to violent hate crimes and to differences in performance on standardized tests: “One of the thorniest aspects of today’s race debate is that we have come to apply that word to a...
Conference on language acquisition · Konferenco pri lingvo-akirado
The 33rd International Conference on Foreign and Second Language Acquisition is currently taking place at the University of Silesia in Szczyrk, Poland. Its theme is modern technologies in foreign language teaching, learning and research. La 33-a Internacia Konferenco...
How infants distinguish speech sounds · Kiel infanetoj distingas parolsonojn
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered a direct link between the tongue movements of infants and their ability to distinguish speech sounds. Esploristoj ĉe la Universitato de Brita Kolumbio malkovris rektan ligon inter la langomovoj de...
Esperanto and religion · Esperanto kaj religio
Some of the world’s major lingua francas are closely identified with particular religions – Latin and Catholicism, Arabic and Islam, Sanskrit and Hinduism, and so on. This article examines the counterpoint to this pattern offered by Esperanto. Iujn el la ĉefaj...
Common Voice · Komuna Voĉo
Have you contributed your voice to Mozilla’s Common Voice project? The aim is to create a free database for speech recognition software. There is now also a forum for collaborating on, among other things, getting funding for specific language communities. Ĉu vi...
Essay prize on linguistic discrimination · Esea premio pri lingva diskriminacio
The journal Philosophical Psychology announces the Lex Academic Essay Prize, to be awarded to the author of the best essay on the understanding of linguistic discrimination. La revuo Philosophical Psychology (Filozofia Psikologio) anoncas la Esean Premion Lex...
Annual conference of · Jarkonferenco de NJTESOL/NJBE
The US organisation NJTESOL/NJBE (New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages / New Jersey Bilingual Educators) uses email discussion lists and local workshops to promote the voices of teachers, and of ESL and bilingual students, about legislation...
Orwell and Esperanto · Orwell kaj Esperanto
In 1975, the Dutch mathematician, poet, linguist and Esperantist Dr. W. A. Verloren Van Themaat wrote to Sir Bernard Crick about the possible influence of Esperanto on George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. This article explores the subject. En 1975, la...
Talking to aliens · Paroli kun alimondanoj
This article in the magazine Wired asks: how do you communicate with an intelligent entity you know nothing about? Humans are the only species on Earth endowed with advanced mathematical ability and a fully fledged faculty of language, but are these hallmarks of...
Health and the cheerful Spanish lexicon · Sano kaj la gaja hispana vortoprovizo
While English is the language of science – precise and succinct – the flowery nature of Spanish contributes to a culture that supports emotional expression. In doing so, it can help its speakers manage the responses to stress. A therapist in this article uses...
Positive and negative adjectives for women and men · Pozitivaj kaj negativaj adjektivoj pri virinoj kaj viroj
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen trawled through 3.5 million fiction and non-fiction books published in English between 1900 and 2008, to see if there is a difference between the types of words used to describe men and women in literature. They confirmed a...
AI is mastering language · AI ekmastras lingvon
OpenAI’s GPT-3 and other neural nets can now write original prose with mind-boggling fluency – a development that could have profound implications for the future, as discussed in this fascinating article in the New York Times. Neŭraj retoj kiel GPT-3 de OpenAI nun...
Evolution of the building blocks of language · Evoluo de la konstrueroj de lingvo
A relatively recent study shows that apes and monkeys can track relationships between sounds in the same way as humans, indicating that this ability predates the evolution of language itself by at least 40 million years. Relative lastatempa studaĵo montras, ke...
Colloquium with a language/education theme · Kolokvo kun lingva/eduka temo
An International Colloquium on language interactions in the classroom and on the construction of knowledge in school subjects will take place on 6–7 October 2022 at the University of Lille on the Pont de Bois site, in Villeneuve d’Ascq. Internacia Kolokvo pri lingvaj...

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