For Rita, Who Is Never Alice

Who Is a Bilingual?

The question of who is and who is not a bilingual is more difficult to answer than it first appears. Bilingualism was long regarded as the equal mastery of two languages, a definition that still prevails in certain glossaries of linguistics. However, today's complex world requires a more exact definition and analysis of the competencies that community members require to interact with speakers o...

The Child Who Never Grew

Which is which and who is who: Roger Waters up against Media

Pink Floyd was a British band whose work began in the late 60s. Roger Waters, the main contributor of the band, wrote almost all the lyrics and was also a main figure behind producing the motion picture of the album. He deliberately attacks Western media in both the lyrics he has written for the band and his solo projects. The present study finds this tendency of assaulting the media deeply roo...

Phylogenetics for those who never had time to ask.

| Canadian Family Physician • Le Médecin de famille canadien 639 Case scenario Your spouse (also an FP) is ensconced in the living room doing some journal reading when you hear her say, “Wow. I have always wondered what that meant.” You ask her what she is talking about. “Phylogenetics. It is high-tech detective work. It is the analysis of the small genetic changes that viruses and bacteria und...

What is Colonial Science ? Alice

For many historians the term “colonial science” implicitly refers to any scientific knowledge produced in the colonies, usually by professionals trained in the metropole. Other historians eager to “provincialize Europe” have highlighted the role that colonial administrators played in creating new forms of scientific knowledge, which then returned to Europe; still other scholars have explored ho...