Category: Updates
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I love the concept of Jumon no Gengogaku (『呪文の言語学』）[The Linguistics of Incantations] written by Dr. Yusuke Sumi. While you might expect a book about magic to be categorized under fantasy, this book is a work of linguistics and anthropology. Dr. Sumi is a linguist who lives in Romania and studies the language of the Romani. The “witches” living in Romania practice “magic” with words, and those…
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I’ve had the pleasure of translating the introductory chapter of Ronritekishikou to wa nanika (『論理的思考とは何か』) [What is Logical Thinking?] written by Professor Masako Ema Watanabe of Nagoya University. In her book, Dr. Watanabe discusses an invisible culture clash caused by differences in how people from different countries think and reason. She goes into detail about the different ways people from America, France, Iran and Japan structure their thoughts, writing, and argumentation. Understanding these…