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BEI is one of the most sought-after and respected language and cultural centers in the nation. Founded in Houston, Texas in 1982, BEI has more than 40 years of demonstrable success serving international students and global corporations.
19 lut 2016 · Target Article with Overview, Commentaries and Response. If languages do indeed evolve then they must show the three crucial aspects of an evolving system: variation of traits, inheritance of those traits, and the differential survival—that is selection—of those traits ( Lewontin 1970 ).
25 lut 2020 · The present study sets out to experimentally investigate how environmental factors come to shape the emergence of linguistic conventions.
8 lis 2023 · Feeling “invisible”: How language barriers worsen environmental injustice. A new study from Columbia University about language justice mirrors a Houston community’s reality. HOUSTON — Erandi Treviño’s passion to foster a sense of community dates back to her childhood. Treviño — an advocate, daughter, Latina, gardener and immigrant ...
There is increasing interest in the way that the size, composition, and environment of populations influence the way that their languages evolve. There are two reasons why an exploration of population and language change from the perspective of evolutionary biology might be useful. First, some of the relevant hypotheses rest explicitly or implicitly on theories developed in evolutionary ...
Environmental linguistics helps decolonize linguistics as our field evolves to prioritize knowledge coproduction over data extraction. Examples from my fieldwork in Tuva cover six domains of knowledge: landscapes, lifeforms, time, sound, memory, and survival.
10 lip 2019 · Biological, cultural, and linguistic conservation can thus work hand in hand. The way our language shapes our view of the world has far more effect on the environment than we might think, and not just when it comes to warning of climate emergencies.
