http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss A weblog of library news, events, new books, websites and more! Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:15:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are doing a topic on animal communication as part of your linguistics class, you might want to check out the articles below: Dolphin call tells calf who's mum BBC News, 23 July 2008 "Female bottlenose dolphins whistle 10 times more often than usual after giving birth in order to help newborns ... http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/741 To view their profiles, click on the candidates' names. Support Your Favourite Candidates by posting your comments here.  RUNNING FOR NAME OF CANDIDATES PRESIDENT 1. Teoh Kian Heng Jason 2. Wong Yi Wei VICE-PRESIDENT 1. Teo Hong Chuan David 2. Wu Guohong HONARARY GENERAL SECRETARY 1. Kevin Goh  FINANCIAL CONTROLLER 1. Adi Kesuma 2. Yew Chen Foong Sarah BUSINESS MANAGER 1. Eric Tey Kim Chong PUBLICITY DIRECTOR 1. Phil Lin Xiangrong PUBLICATION DIRECTOR 1. Lum Shu Wei ASST. PUBLICITY DIRECTOR 1. Chia Cher Hoe ... http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/720 Update on Lee Wee Nam Library The expansion and renovation of the Lee Wee Nam Library has been put on hold for the time being until the new Campus Master Plan is completed. Work on the Library (which was to expand to 15,000 square metres) was initially suspended in Dec 2007 ... http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/718 Mention grammar rules and most people would feel glum and bored. But learning grammar rules is a little less painful when you have gargoyles, trolls, vampires and a rabbit on flying horseback to accompany you on your grammatical odyssey. Learn all about nouns, subject-verb agreement, clauses, predicates and the like in ... http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/716 Attention LMS students! You can now download the slides for Info jungle explorer here. If you need further help on explorations to more destinations, feel free to contact your subject librarian at omwong@ntu.edu.sg. http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/712 Calling all word lovers, you can now access Collins Wordbanks Online from any of the common PCs located in the Library! Collins Wordbanks Online contains 57 million words of written and spoken English from both American and British sources. Language data is derived from the Bank of English -- the Collins ... http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/709 Dear Library Users, All NTU Libraries will be closed on 9 Aug 2008 (National Day) and 11 Aug 2008 (University Holiday). Thank you. http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/701 Shakespeare country [videorecording] Kent, UK : Delta Music., 2002. Call no.: E570470 Charming Stratford upon Avon, with its picturesque black and white Tudor houses, is where Shakespeare had once lived. Tour Shakespeare country for yourself in this 55 minute audiovisual journey, where you can live and breathe Shakespeare just by looking at ... http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/699 On language : Chomsky's classic works Language and responsibility and Reflections on language Noam Chomsky. New York : New Press, 2007. P106.C548NA The Blackwell guide to research methods in bilingualism and multilingualism Li Wei and Melissa G. Moyer. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008. P115.B632 Reversing language shift : theoretical and empirical foundations of assistance to threatened ... http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/693 How is "wicked" used in the youth context? Interested in finding out and comparing the meanings and semantics between "true feelings" and "mixed feelings"? Explore collocations, concordances and more with the Library's newest resource -- the British National Corpus! The British National Corpus (BNC) XML edition contains samples of ... http://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library/hss/index.php/archives/692