Sparks Commentary

This is a follow-up to a blog post from 2014 . (For this earlier post, click here .) I wrote a post some years ago about my experience with ...

“Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general...

In 1986, there were two versions of “The Story of English” – a television series, and a book. I never got to see much of the television seri...

This is a follow-up to a blog post from 2014 . (For the earlier post, click here .) I freely admit that I'm not a native speak...

“What do you call someone who speaks three languages? (Trilingual.) What do you call someone who speaks two languages? (Bilingual.) What d...

“We hope that this book, which knows how to say the important and say it well, contributes to spread linguistic knowledge that usually re...

"The political liberty of the [citizen] is a tranquillity of mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order t...

So I recently finished reading " El español a través de la lingüística: Preguntas y respuestas " ("Spanish Through Linguistic...

"... every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language , through those who are ordained unto ...

"Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp. One is washed abo...

"♪ Allons enfants de la Patrie / Le jour de gloire est arrivé! ♪" (" ♪  Oh come, ye children of the Fatherland  /  the day ...

“English and French are the official languages of Canada and have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in a...

"♪ Mexicanos, al grito de guerra / el acero aprestad y el bridón. Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra, al sonoro rugir del cañón. ♪...

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - William Shakespeare 's "...

Specifically, Spanish and French subtitles

I was actually interested in foreign languages from a very early age. I thought: "How cool would it be to speak another language?...

"We would … hope that every missionary learning a new … language would master it in every way possible. … And as you do so, your [tea...