Virginia Woolf book covers illustrated by her sister Vanessa Bell
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Misplaced Lens Cap
Three Goblin Art
Sade Olutola
Stranger Things
Jules of Nature

if i look back, i am lost
Today's Document
Keni
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
$LAYYYTER

pixel skylines
I'd rather be in outer space πΈ

Kaledo Art

Product Placement
YOU ARE THE REASON
trying on a metaphor
cherry valley forever

#extradirty

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Virginia Woolf book covers illustrated by her sister Vanessa Bell
Iris Murdoch, from 'The Philosopher's Pupil'
[ID: youtube comment from Hal Sawyer:
My favorite relic English still used everywhere is the word "the" used in phrases like: "the more I look at this, the stranger it seems, or "the bigger they come, the harder they fall". This "the" is not the article of any noun, it is a different word, a conjunction descended from the old English "ΓΎΔ", pronounced "tha" which means either "when" or "then". Back in early Middle English the structure "if - then" had not taken over and if you wanted to express an if - then relationship you said "ΓΎΔ whatever, ΓΎΔ whatever", meaning "when such-and- such, then such-and-such". "ΓΎΔ" sounds almost the same as "the" and the spelling of the two converged, but the meaning remained totally different. "the more, the merrier" literally means "when more, then merrier" or "if more, then merrier'; same as centuries ago.
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this is so cool
now with added wiktionary link
update: this reblog has a correction to this, it's from ΓΎΘ³ not ΓΎΔ
π¬ Linguistics Challenge π - January
This challenge will teach you the basics of linguistics step-by-step over the course of 12 months.
This month, weβll start with: an introduction to linguistics & phonology.
Each month you get a few exercises (depending on how complex the topic is), so you can take breaks in between days or use those days to revise and practice. Iβve put links to all the topics on which i made blog posts, but youβre very welcome to do your own research online.
This challenge is based on what I learned in the first semesters of my linguistic studies at uni, and itβs aimed at giving you a broad introduction and teaching you the most important concepts from several different fields of linguistics.Β
Throughout the month, youβll get the chance to apply your new knowledge in some exercises and tasks. If you want, you can share your work via reblog with the tag #linguisticschallenge, iβd love to see your contributions :)
Also, feel free to follow me so you wonβt miss next monthβs challenge!
Inform yourself about what linguistics is and the different fields of linguistics. During the course of these monthly challenges, youβll probably learn more about each one of them
Inform yourself about the linguistic fields of phonetics and phonology and what they analyse
Look at the IPA alphabet (the English one is enough for now, the international one is quite big and complicated) and try to understand how it works
Find out the differences between vowels and consonants
Look at the vowel charts and learn where in the mouth vowels are pronounced and how you can describe/define vowels by their position (e.g. open vs. closed, front vs. back)
Task: Make a list of all the vowel phonemes and their descriptions based on their positions in the vowel chart
Look at the consonant chart. First off, look at the different ways consonants can be articulated (fricative, plosive, etc.)
Now, look at the consonant chart and look at the different places where consonants can be articulated (bilabial, palatal, glottal, etc.)
Learn the difference between voiced and voiceless consonants
Task: Make a list of all the consonants and their descriptions based on the place of articulation, the way of articulation, and whether theyβre voiced or voiceless
Find out what graphemes, phonemes, and allophones are and what kinds of brackets are used for them (e.g. <β¦>, /β¦/, [β¦])
Learn about stress in words and sentences, what kinds of words are stressed (if you donβt know about word types yet, donβt worry, youβll learn about them soon), and how to show stress in phonetic transcriptions
Learn about the rules for when to use unstressed [i] and [u] in phonetic transcriptions
Task: Use the IPA chart and try to phonetically transcribe some words, e.g. your name, your favourite animal, etc. (e.g. Espen = /βespΙn/, bears = /bΓ¦z/). There are several programmes where you can check your transcriptions
Inform yourself about linguistic liaison
Task: Use the IPA chart and try to phonetically transcribe a quote, lyric, joke, etc. Again, you can use a programme to check your work.
If youβre quick or want to learn more, you could check out my linguistics masterpost to see if i made any new posts on this topic after creating this challenge. You could also take a look at these book tips:
Book tips:
Skandera, Paul and Peter Burleigh. βA manual of English phonetics and phonology.β TΓΌbingen: Narr. 2016.
Roach, Peter. βEnglish Phonetics and Phonology. A practical course.β Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2009.
McCully, Chris B. βThe sound structure of English: an introduction.β Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2009.
Crystal, David. βA dictionary of linguistics and phonetics.β 2008.
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Next month, weβll look at the fields of morphology and word formation!
a little moodboard
"The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Book cover.Β The days of auld lang syne. 1897.
Thereβs a world out there | Carolyn
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)
Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 β May 7, 1840)
Here is a man who has discovered the tragedy of landscape.
Synaulia is a musical group that recreates Ancient Roman music, since none survives. This beautiful piece recreates the sounds of a cithara, a stringed instrument from the lyre family. The cithara usually accompanied poem recitals and dances, and was often played at drinking parties, banquets and gatherings.
βSappho is closely associated with music, especially string instruments like the kithara and the barbitos. She was a woman of high social standing and composed songs that focused on the emotions. A Greek mythology story goes that she ascended the steep slopes of Mount ParnassusΒ where she was welcomed by the Muses. She wandered through the laurel grove and came upon the cave of Apollo, where she bathed in theΒ Castalian Spring and took Phoebusβ plectrum to play skillful music. The sacred nymphs danced while she stroked the strings with much talent to bring forth sweet musical melodies from the resonant kithara β - (x)
Wondeful
The eye of a marble statue from Herculaneum, with surviving paint. Roman before 79 AD.
National Library Of The Girolamini Oratory, Naples, Italy
Photo byΒ Massimo Listri
Hans Holbein c. 1533
The Ambassadors (detail of the Celestial Globe)
Porticato dela Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio, Giovanni Migliara (Italian, 1785-1837)
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Dual portrait of Marie and P. S. KrΓΈyer, 1890. KrΓΈyer painted Marie, and Marie painted him.