VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3
JULY 2018
Forestall Dementia?
Science shows why you should read books every day
Consuming the written word is exceptionally good for people, says Christina DesMarais on Inc.com.


Twenty-six percent of adults in the United States  have not read  even a portion of a book within the last year. It's an unfortunate reality considering that researchers have found that  consuming the written word  is exceptionally  good for people .

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Ethnologue ® 21: The Essential Language Reference ®
The most comprehensive listing of information of its kind.
Ethnologue is the comprehensive reference work cataloging all known living languages in the world today. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world rely on and have contributed to the Ethnologue.

An active research project for more than 65 years, Ethnologue has been in print since 1951, starting out as a 10-page mimeographed* report on 40 languages, evolving into a two-volume soft cover book, then progressing to a casebound book in 2005. Ethnologue.com was launched in 2009 and since 2014 is also printed as a three-volume hard cover set.

This 21st edition features:
  • 1,783 pages
  • 7,467 language descriptions, organized by continent and country
  • 51,983 primary names, alternate names, and dialect names
  • 242 country overviews with graphical language vitality profiles, and
  • 233 color maps showing location and distribution of languages
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*Never heard of “mimeograph”? Thank Thomas Edison, late 1800s, for the technology and the AB Dick company, later 1800’s, for licensing the technology and naming it. It went out of favor in the 1960s (except in elementary school offices) when photocopying came along. Nothing like mimeograph ink on your hands and that unmistakable scent!
Do you know your letters?
Most people can’t identify the correct lowercase ‘G’ – can you ?
A new study has found that a surprising number of adults were unable to pick out a ‘looptail’ G from a lineup–with many unaware that the letter’s two printed forms exist at all.
 
The experiments suggest our knowledge of letters can suffer when we don’t write them by hand. As we write less and become more dependent on electronic devices, this could impact how we learn to read, according to the researchers.
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Heard at ILAC
Feedback from the International Language Assessment Conference (ILAC) held recently by SIL International ® in Penang, Malaysia
The complexities of Intellectual Property rights (IP) was highlighted during this year's conference.
In one of the ILAC split sessions, Orthography Development Services Coordinator  Mike Cahill  presented on informed consent, a hot topic especially relevant when gathering data during language assessment. It also connects crucially to both SIL’s Ethics Policy and Intellectual Property Policy; some attendees were not aware that SIL has these policies. On a different tack, in two days following the main conference, Mike also helped five people on their academic writing projects, which covered a wide variety of topics.

Chief Cartographer  Matt Benjamin  led two mapping-related sessions at ILAC. One was an introduction to the SIL International mapping team, what they do, how language assessment personnel can send map data to the team, and how that data is used to update the corporate mapping database to make  Ethnologue  maps, wall maps, and other customized maps. In the second session, Matt clarified intellectual property issues related to maps and suggested map resources and software that assessors can use to create their own maps.

Matt also reported that the highlight of ILAC for him was meeting face-to-face with people he’s worked with for years by email. In addition, the conference gave him an understanding of SIL language assessors' work situations and how to best communicate with them. He also started conversations with several field staff about better ways to move mapping work forward.
In the "Need to Know" Category
How do I protect my sightings of Elvis?
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