Posts Tagged ‘Richard E. McDorman’
Richard McDorman Recognized by Language Textbook Publisher
On May 22, 2012, ESL language textbook publisher Heinle, in conjunction with National Geographic Learning, recognized Richard McDorman for his work reviewing and commenting on Heinle's new ESL textbook series Pathways. Click here to view or download a copy of the official acknowledgment published in the textbook series.
Translation of Alfonsina Storni’s “Yo en el fondo del mar”
Yo en el fondo del mar Alfonsina Storni (from Mundo de siete pozos, 1934) En el fondo del mar hay una casa de cristal. A una avenida de madréporas da. Una gran pez de oro, a las cinco, me viene a saludar. Me trae un rojo ramo de flores de coral. Duermo en una cama un poco más azul que el mar. Un pulpo me hace [...]
Richard McDorman interviewed by The Miami Herald
For the full article from the Miami Herald, click here: Language Lessons at Work Language lessons at work BY SABINE LOUISSAINT ADULT ED For most people, lunch time is an occasion to take a break from a busy day, dine with friends and colleagues or run personal errands. But for co-workers Judson Fidler, Jehan Said and Eduardo [...]
Richard McDorman Essay Series Hailed by the Media
Miami Author and Linguist Richard McDorman Publishes Bestselling Essay Series MIAMI, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- West Virginia native and long-time Miami resident Richard E. McDorman has published a four-part essay series through Amazon Digital Services. Available for viewing on Amazon's Kindle Digital Reader, the essays explore a variety of areas in [...]
Language Textbook Authored by Richard McDorman
Excerpt from The University of Virginia Magazine (March 1, 2009): Richard E. McDorman (Col ’94 L/M) published his second book, Managing Successful Meetings. The book was published by inlingua International (Bern, Switzerland) in February. The work is an English as a Second Language textbook, trainer resource manual and audio [...]
Language and the Ancient Greeks and On the Decipherment of Linear B
Language and the Ancient Greeks and On the Decipherment of Linear B (A Pair of Essays) (Kindle Edition) This historical essay reviews the development of the art and science of grammar and philosophical views toward language among the Ancient Greeks. Although the early Greek writers, including Homer and Hesiod, commented on language (for [...]
Liberty and Scientific Evidence in the Courtroom
Liberty and Scientific Evidence in the Courtroom: Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the New Role of Scientific Evidence in the Criminal Courts (Kindle Edition) This critical essay examines the effects of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), and its [...]
Development of Government and Religion in the State of Israel
The Development of Government and Religion in the State of Israel (Kindle Edition) Few western nations have religion so tied into their national psyche as the State of Israel. Surrounded on all sides by Arab Muslim theocratic monarchies, in the cases of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, or quasi-totalitarian states, in the cases of Egypt, Lebanon, and [...]
Universal Iconography in Writing Systems
Universal Iconography in Writing Systems: Evidence and Explanation in the Easter Island and Indus Valley Scripts (Kindle Edition) Iconography has played a central role in the development of writing systems. That all independently derived ancient scripts began as arrangements of pictograms before evolving into their elaborated forms evinces [...]
Labial Instability in Sound Change
Labial Instability in Sound Change The renowned historical linguist Hans Henrich Hock once commented that, for reasons that are not well understood, there sometimes appear "curious gaps" in the bilabial slot of languages' series of obstruent phonemes. Hock based his comment on the observation that if a language lacks a voiceless stop at one [...]
