Monthly Archives: February 2012

Raccoons

Posted on 25/02/2012 by khanbaliqist

Language Hat recently had an entry on the Russian name for the raccoon (Procyon lotor), енот, which attracted some comment about the word for ‘raccoon’ in different languages. Although I made a few comments at that thread, it seems interesting … Continue reading →

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Mongolian-language bookstores in Ulaanbaatar

Posted on 12/02/2012 by khanbaliqist

Since I recently had an opportunity to visit Ulaanbaatar (still known to many as Ulan Bator), I couldn’t resist doing a page on Mongolian-language bookshops in Ulaanbaatar as a companion piece to that on Mongolian-language bookhops in Hohhot. However, I … Continue reading →

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Shares for Shares

Posted on 09/02/2012 by khanbaliqist

Knowing the number and type of arguments that a verb can take is a key part of knowing a language. A familiar case from ordinary grammar is verbs that take both a direct and indirect object, e.g., ‘Adam gives an … Continue reading →

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