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Global Languages Day, Sept. 17, Dokk1, Aarhus, Denmark

03/09/2024 by Ana Paulla Braga Mattos, Peter Bakker, & Amalie Berthelsen

Researchers and teachers connect to Aarhus University (AU) who are interested in languages, are organizing Global Languages Day, an initiative aimed at showcasing the work they do with and about languages at AU to the general public, including gymnasium students. As many languages as possible will be represented.

The event is planned in three parts:

Short talks
Small booths representing the languages we have at AU (sprogsmagning) – including snacks and possibility for 2-minute language dating
Q&A session (with questions selected in advance for preparation: globallanguagesday@cas.au.dk)

Global Languages Day will take place on September 17 at DOKK 1.

We plan to have the talks (part 1) from 10:00 – 12:10, the sprogsmagning (part 2) from 12:10 – 13:30, and

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Describing NisseEngelsk: A Brief Memoir

13/06/202320/12/2018 by Margaret J. “Mickey” Blake

Nisser the Julekalender behind the scenes

A supplement to the Lingoblog-article The language of The Julekalender by Mickey Blake, the original writer of the background study for the article.

How the time flies! It seems almost impossible that it’s been over twelve years since I visited Carsten Knudsen at his home in Risskov to obtain a copy of the script from “The Julekalender” and ask him about the creation of “NisseEngelsk”. Little did I know that day how much work I was setting myself up for!

Peter Bakker had been hoping for years that some brave student with no clue as to what they were getting themselves into would write a description of the fictitious language, and he found his patsy – er, star

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