Esperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) was established in 1968 as a vehicle for promoting scholarly research and dialogue on issues concerned with world language problems and language policy and planning. It works to promote the understanding and implementation of linguistic justice in a multicultural world through three priority areas: Research, Conservation and Education, supported by a system of grants and awards. This blog, ESF Connected, showcases recent activities and achievements within ESF’s priority areas, and the work of ESF and others more generally.
De Esperanto ĝis Dothraki: librorecenzo (2)
PIPERSKI, Aleksandr: Конструирование языков: от эсперанто до дотракийского ‘La konstruado de lingvoj: de Esperanto ĝis Dothraki’. Moskvo, Alypina Non-Fikšn 2017, 224 paĝoj. ISBN 978-5-91671-1. Jen la dua parto de longa artikolo verkita de Stanislav Košecký (Slovakio), kies enkondukon ni publikigis en aŭgusto. La libro dismembriĝas en ses ĉapitrojn. La unua el ili havas la titolon Neatingebla...
Digitization of Croatian journals co-funded by ESF
In mid November 2022, Croatia’s national Esperanto archive, Dokumenta Esperanto-Centro (DEC), completed its very important digitization project for the journals Konkordo (1924–1928), Balkana Konkordo (1931) and La Suda Stelo (1932–1973). Around 4200 pages were involved, which were digitized at DEC’s request by a firm called Point s.l.r. in Varaždin. The project received a grant in June 2022 from...
Digitalización de revistas croatas cofinanciadas por ESF
A mediados de noviembre de 2022, el archivo nacional de esperanto de Croacia, Dokumenta Esperanto-Centro (DEC), completó su importante proyecto de digitalización de las revistas Konkordo (1924-1928), Balkana Konkordo (1931) y La Suda Stelo (1932-1973). Se trataron alrededor de 4200 páginas, que fueron digitalizadas a pedido de DEC por una empresa llamada Point s.l.r. en Varaždin. El proyecto...
Ciferecigo de kroataj gazetoj kunfinancita de ESF
Meze de novembro 2022 la nacia Esperanto-arkivo en Kroatio, Dokumenta Esperanto-Centro (DEC), finis tre gravan projekton de ciferecigo de la gazetoj Konkordo (1924–1928), Balkana Konkordo (1931) kaj La Suda Stelo (1932–1973). Temas pri ĉirkaŭ 4200 paĝoj, kiujn laŭ la mendo de DEC ciferecigis la firmao Point s.l.r. en Varaždin. La projekto en junio 2022 ricevis subvencion de la kroatia Ministerio...
Esperantism in the Iberian Peninsula: Nationalism and Internationalism (1887–1928)
The picture shows Esperantists performing the Catalan dance “La Sardana”. Unique as Esperantism was and still is, it has not failed to interact as a social phenomenon with other significant movements throughout history. Far from being a peculiar event, isolated from other cultural, social, political, religious and economic influences, Esperantism has become intertwined with them through the...
Esperantismo en la Península Ibérica: Nacionalismo e Internacionalismo (1887-1928)
La imagen muestra a los esperantistas interpretando el baile catalán “La Sardana”. Único como fue y sigue siendo el esperantismo, no ha dejado de interactuar como fenómeno social con otros movimientos significativos a lo largo de la historia. Lejos de ser un acontecimiento peculiar, aislado de otras influencias culturales, sociales, políticas, religiosas y económicas, el esperantismo se ha...
Esperantismo en Iberio: naciismo kaj internaciismo (1887–1928)
La bildo montras esperantistojn en la kataluna danco “La Sardana”. Malgraŭ la antaŭa kaj ankoraŭa unikeco de esperantismo, ĝi ne evitis interagi kiel socia fenomeno kun aliaj gravaj movadoj tra la historio. Tre malsame ol ia stranga okazaĵo izolita de aliaj kulturaj, sociaj, politikaj, religiaj kaj ekonomiaj influoj, esperantismo interplektiĝis kun tiuj per la laboroj de siaj anoj, kiuj...
A community rallies around its language
It’s no secret that many Indigenous languages around Turtle Island [= North America] have been threatened by colonialism, and Kanien’kéha – more widely known as the Mohawk language – is no exception. Only a few generations ago, many Kahnawa’kehró:non – the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) people of Kahnawake – spoke Kanien’kéha as a first language. However, now most Kahnawa’kehró:non are fluent only in...
Bulletin · Bulteno
Short bilingual announcements of publications and projects
Mallongaj dulingvaj anoncoj pri eldonaĵoj kaj projektoj
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Esperantology Conference as CED turns 70 · Esperantologia Konferenco dum 70-jariĝas CED
The 44th Esperantology Conference, to be held in 2022 at the University of Quebec in Montreal as part of the 107th World Esperanto Congress, will highlight the 70th anniversary of the Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems (CED) through the...
Esperanto Day posters · Afiŝoj por la Tago de Esperanto
As usual for Esperanto Day, traditionally celebrated on July 26, a talented graphic designer has created and uploaded two posters that deserve to be widely used. They are now being translated/adapted into other languages. The finished posters are available to...
Master’s interlinguistics at Poznań · Magistra interlingvistiko en Poznano
Till the end of July you can register for the master’s course in interlinguistics, combined with information management, at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Here, Esperanto is used alongside English to teach students from the entire world: interlinguistic...
The search engine that overturned a mask mandate · La serĉilo, kiu renversis maskoleĝon
Using text corpora to answer legal questions has grown popular, but linguists are concerned that judges aren’t trained well enough to use these tools properly. This article describes how a judge in Florida used a corpus to decide that face masks do not count as...
Esperanto Connecting People: a writing contest · Esperanto ligas homojn: literatura konkurso
You are invited to take part in the 12th “Esperanto Connecting People” writing contest with a story in Esperanto entitled “What is happiness for me?” The competition, organized in Białystok, is open to adults and people over the age of 15. It aims to: spread...
Save linguistics at Huddersfield · Savu lingvistikon ĉe Huddersfield
In June the UK’s University of Huddersfield announced 37 redundancies in the School of Arts and Humanities, and there is a risk that no linguistics faculty will remain. Linguistics at Huddersfield is known worldwide for its work in stylistics, corpus linguistics,...
Esperanto course for children in Taiyuan · Kurso de Esperanto por infanoj en Taiyuan
On 18 June, teachers at a primary school in the city Taiyuan in China’s Shanxi Province held an Esperanto course in the kindergarten of a local residential area. The children learned how to say “happy father’s day” and really enjoyed the course. La 18-an de junio...
The linguistic war on womankind · La lingva milito kontraŭ virinoj
This article discusses the real-world consequences of what it calls the “linguistic contortionism” increasingly used in current English to avoid the word “woman” and associated accusations of transphobia. Ĉi tiu artikolo en la angla diskutas la sekvojn por la reala...
Queer linguistics · Kvirlingvistiko
As our primary form of communication, language is the cornerstone of how we interact with the world. However, for marginalized communities like the LGBTQ+ community, language has a long politically charged history that continues to influence how individuals and the...
Linguistic racism in the UK · Lingva rasismo en Britio
From the playground to the workplace, people from immigrant communities in the UK say accent-based racism impacts their daily lives. It’s called linguistic racism, and is directed at people who speak in ways considered to be non-standard or “foreign-sounding”. It is...
Othering in terrorist discourse · Aliecigo en terorista diskurso
The article “Exploring the grammar of othering and antagonism as enacted in terrorist discourse: verbal aggression in service of radicalisation”, recently published in the journal Nature, examines the role of certain grammatical choices in the practice of “othering”...
Is Esperanto dying in China? · Ĉu Esperanto mortas en Ĉinio?
This article on the website of the Global Council for Anthropological Linguistics summarizes the history of Esperanto in China and looks to the future: “If China continues to grow, there will likely be a clash between the Chinese and English languages. When that...
Seminar on artificial languages in Tours · Seminario pri artefaritaj lingvoj en Tours
The University of Tours, France hosted a seminar on artificial languages once a week from the end of April until early June, including presentations by Sabine Fiedler (“The Esperanto speech community: sociological, ideological, cultural and linguistic aspects”),...
Grabowski’s 165th birthday · 165-a datreveno de Grabowski
165 years ago, the 11th of June saw the birth of Antoni Grabowski (1857–1921), a Polish chemist, terminologist, polyglot, Volapükist and Esperantist; the first president of the Polish Esperanto Association (1908–21), secretary of the first World Esperanto Congress...
Esperanto as bridge religion · Esperanto kiel pontoreligio
The article “Christians, Jews and Muslims, we all inhabit the same sea. On the etymology of Europe” by Davide Astori (on pages 23–38 of issue 9/2021 of the journal Occhialì) has a section about Zamenhof’s idea that Esperanto could serve as a bridge religion. La...
Exploring Inclusivity / Languages for Democracy · Esplorante Inkluzivon / Lingvoj por Demokratio
The World Esperanto Youth Organization (TEJO) in collaboration with the Council of Europe is organizing two international seminars “Exploring Inclusivity: Achieving truly inclusive societies” and “Languages for Democracy: Revitalization of pluralistic democracies and...
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