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Fantasy Literature
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A Harmless Vice: Tolkien’s Invented Languages

Mark Williams talks on 'A Harmless Vice: Tolkien’s Invented Languages'
Ivriot - עבריות

Giving compliments in Hebrew

There are many ways to be polite. Hebrew manners are very different than English ones to say the least. In today's episode we will learn what is and isn't appropriate to say in different circumstances.
Fantasy Literature

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Making of a Philologist

A talk by Professor Simon Horobin on Tolkien's long-standing career and interest in philology as part of the Tolkien 50th Commemoration seminar series.
Ivriot - עבריות

Chapter One: frayer -- פראייר

In this chapter we will talk about the word that means "someone who was slightly conned". We'll talk about the origin of the word, how to use it and when.
Linguamania

Why do we need people to translate when we have machine translation?

Some people ask why they should bother learning a language when there are online apps and websites which can translate quickly and accurately.
Linguamania

How do metaphors shape our world?

We tend to think of metaphors as poetic language, but we actually use them all the time in our everyday speech. But how do metaphors in different languages work? And can the metaphors we use affect our thinking?
Linguamania

Why should we read translated texts?

This episode explores what we lose or gain when we read a translated book. Are we missing something by reading the English translation and not the original language version? And what can the translation process tell us about how languages work?
Linguamania

How 'foreign' are 'foreign languages'?

Many people think foreign languages are alien to us, unless of course we've spent years studying them. But is this really the case? Or can we actually understand some words in a different language – even if we've never studied that language before?
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Cuneiform Discoveries from Ancient Babylon

In ancient Iraq, scribes used cuneiform (wedge-shaped) script to write hundreds of thousands of texts in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages on clay tablets.
Modern Languages Inaugural lectures

‘Arriving before us’: seeing, ingenuity and imagination in Dante: Simon Gilson's Inaugural lecture

During his inaugural lecture, Professor Gilson will show how ideas about vision and cognate faculties such as the wits and the imagination are central to Dante’s masterpiece, the Commedia.
Department of Education Public Seminars

The Age-Eclipsing Effects of Environment and Input on L2 Attainment in Instructional Contexts

This seminar explores some myths about L2 attainment in instructional contexts, drawing on evidence from a five-year longitudinal study conducted in Switzerland and carried out by the speakers themselves.
Department of Education Public Seminars

Causal models of developmental disorders

In studies in psychology and education it is essential to think clearly about causal mechanisms. In this seminar Professor Hulme will outline the use of path diagrams as tools for representing, reasoning about, and testing causal models.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
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Old Norse

Eleanor Parker, Lecturer in Medieval English Literature, Brasenose College, Oxford, gives the fifth and final talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. This lecture focuses on Tolkien and old norse.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
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Old English

Mark Atherton, Senior Lecturer in English, Regent's Park College, Oxford, gives the fourth talk in the Tolkien: The Maker of Middle Earth lecture series. This lecture focuses on Tolkien and old english.
Teaching the Codex

Teaching the Codex 13: 2017 Summary

Teresa Webber (Cambridge) gives closing remarks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium.
Teaching the Codex

Teaching the Codex 12: Continental and Anglophone Approaches 2

Marigold Norbye speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex colloquium about learning palaeography at the École des chartes.
Teaching the Codex

Teaching the Codex 11: Continental and Anglophone Approaches 1

Daniel Sawyer (Oxford) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about the teaching of palaeography and codicology in Oxford’s Faculty of English.
Teaching the Codex

Teaching the Codex 10: Manuscripts and Outreach 4

Pauline Souleau (Oxford) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about the Manuscript Outreach Network and the Wadham-Luton Access Project.
Teaching the Codex

Teaching the Codex 9: Manuscripts and Outreach 3

Anna Boeles Rowland (Oxford) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about the Manuscript Outreach Network. Introduction by Pauline Souleau (Oxford).
Teaching the Codex

Teaching the Codex 8: Manuscripts and Outreach 2

Sian Witherden (Oxford) speaks at the 2017 Teaching the Codex Colloquium about palaeography and undergraduate engagement. Introduction by Pauline Souleau (Oxford).

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