Linguistics: Semester One; Part One

June 9, 2013

Anyhoo, this last semester has been so full of learning, most of which gets really technical and perhaps even (gasp!) boring to those who aren't of linguistic persuasion (bi-directional partial fusion anyone?). We, however, have really enjoyed the time getting to see how God designed languages that are so complicated, yet adhere to logical rules and systems that allow us to figure them out.

Mario and Me

January 31, 2013

Well, linguistics classes have been in session for over a week now, and I feel like I’m seeing “suspicious pairs” lurking in dark alleys and I’ve already had my first linguistics nightmare. Literally up all night trying to figure out why I hadn’t converted a [pw] into a [pʷ] in my homework, and trying to […]

“Simple” Living

October 28, 2012

When I pictured the Simple Living course in my mind, I envisioned minutes, nay even hours of extra time on my hands (since we weren’t allowed to watch movies or go on the internet, or any other form of electronic amusement), and at least eight hours of sleep every night (since we had lights out […]

CLA Practicum

October 16, 2012

So, there is a very secretive class we have here at MTC called “CLA Practicum”, in which we are taught the secret formula to evangelize the unreached…. I cannot divulge details... …ok, not really, but there is a certain level of ambiguity that we are supposed to maintain when it comes to talking about this […]