Introducing the National Museum of Language





The National Museum of Language is something that we just learned about, and it is quite a neat place for linguists, teachers, students, and anyone just interested in languages. According to its website, NML's purpose is to inspire an appreciation for the magic and beauty of language.

Just because we just learned about only means that the word has not gotten around--at least, as fasr as us at MSI Press LLC in California. The history, provided at the website, shows that NML has been around for a while:

The idea of a National Language Museum in the Nation’s Capital began in 1971 among a group of expert linguists, language specialists, and language enthusiasts who were intrigued by the potential of a unique kind of museum. Over decades of feasibility studies, startup pains, and slow but steady incremental growth, The National Museum of Language (NML) opened its doors in May of 2008, sustained by a nearly all-volunteer governing board and roster of docents.  The physical exhibit was closed in September 2014 and a new focus on development of virtual exhibits began. The NML has reached out to and collaborated with numerous national, regional and local organizations and supporters similarly devoted to language education, appreciation and public recognition and support.  These activities include traveling and loan exhibits to various local and regional “high impact” venues and a regularly scheduled speaker series featuring experts on diverse topics in language, culture, and language science.
Moving into the future of the museum, our outreach, education, and curatorial activities will emphasize powerful on-line and on-site technologies, both in the museum and with traveling exhibits to schools, libraries, community centers and other locations, to extend our services into targeted communities, a “mobile museum”.
NML has both a blog and a newsletter though the sign-up link for the newsletter does not seem to work right now. The blog accepts posts from non-staffers, so have at it if you are someone who has something to share.

Go take a look! It is quite informative, even for language professionals!

Here are some current unique language and culture publications by MSI Press -- available at online bookstores, some local bookstores (not open during covid, though), and in our webstore. They are often on sale in our www.msipress.com/shopand always a 25% discount is available by using coupon code FF25.


  

  


(Notes: What Works will be out in a new, updated edition, edited by Thomas Garza, in December 2020.)



Watch for the following books to be released in May:


  



Future (2020) releases include

        





And here are some posts about foreign language.

Learn about our journal, Journal for Distinguished Language Studies -- and how to submit an article for 2020.

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