Sprognyheder

English is an indispensable business tool for Japanese, who must compete globally as the domestic markets shrink. This especially applies to young people.

Like a few of its Indonesian relatives, Balinese has several distinct politeness levels, with variations among them as well (making the number of levels difficult to say). Which ones a speaker uses depends on the relative status of the two speakers to each other, as well as the formality of the situation and what they're talking about. A whole discourse can be in only one of the levels, but speakers can also move between them within sentences, sometimes picking a higher- or lower-register word for special emphasis.

Den franske historie har flere markante årstal – blandt andre revolutionsårene 1789, 1830, 1848, 1871 og 1968 – men 1979 er ikke et af dem. Alligevel er det titlen på Mads Anders Baggesgaards forskningsprojekt, der dog også har undertitlen ’om oversættelser og erindringsspor i den globaliserede fransksprogede litteratur’