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Patty Inglish, MS profile image84

Slang and Language Change

This is information about langages, their relatedness, and how languages change. Slang is a part of this change process over the decades and centuries and really very interesting.

7 comments    education language english
comeflywithme18 profile image73

Theorists on child language acquisition

This is a list of pyscologists/ theorists linked to children acquiring and learning language. I have an exam coming up on this subject in June. Many people who study English Language at A-level will have this...

1 comment    children english language linguistic rules
Helen Keller's unenculturated behavior as a small child was due to an almost complete absence of socialization, due to lack of sensory input  Photo Credit: The Wikipedia81

Language is Learned

You may have heard it said that all babies have the same linguistic abilities at birth. This is true. They have no linguistic abilities at birth. No child is born knowing language, and early infancy and...

21 comments    education grammar dyslexia
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politically correct language: "The destruction of words is a beautiful thing"

The above quote from ‘1984’ originally referred to the diminishing vocabulary of ‘Newspeak’, the politically correct language in Orwell’s famous dystopia. Applied to ‘Santa Speak’, it means...

6 comments    travel literature christmas
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How to Count In the Russian Language

Russian is a great language and it is fun to hear and learn the alphabet and to count. There are other fun things about Russian as well...

31 comments    entertainment family education
The moon's alignment with Venus tells me you're lying! *cough* 74

Detecting Lies With Neuro Linguistic Programming.

A simple, entertaining, yet effective way to detect lies with N.L.P. The process involves reading visual accessing queues, or eye movements that give away what part of the brain the person is currently using.

17 comments    how truth lies
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The Structure of Magic

I never meet a book I didn’t like. I often choose titles I have never heard of after rambling around a used bookstore for hours.  I came across a copy of The Structure of Magic at a used bookstore near a...

2 comments    book review linguistics bandler
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NLP - What is it?

First I'd like to say that Steve Coogan (aka Alan Partridge) did not invent the word 'mentalist' and neither did the creators of the new television series 'The Mentalist'  Also, it has never meaned someone...

0 comments    communication psychology therapy
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Native American Nations - Introduction

Blackfoot Tipis...Thank you, niawen (in Mohawk), for asking this question,jimmythejock. The answer will comprise more than one Hub and I hope that you find the short series informative and enjoyable. It will be...

30 comments    languages native americans
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The Art of Flirting - Body Language and NLP.

There is much that we give away in a smile, in the exposing of our palms and in the direction our knees are pointing. To the casual on-looker, a couple sitting at a table, are nothing more than that. To the...

18 comments    love life body language
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