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Language Study Methods #3

Hello again.  It seems as though we have met before, no?  Well, if not, the question that you probably have is, "I have a language that I'm really interested in, but don't know how to approach my studies......

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The Wind of Google in the Flag of Esperanto

 The 15th of December, 2009, Google used its so-called doodle - a picture replacing one of the letters in its logotype - to honour the initiator of Esperanto, LL Zamenhof, who was born exactly 150 years...

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Language Study Methods #2

So you've found a language that you appreciate and are willing to learn, but you are having trouble finding ways to approach the language. "Should I buy tapes, get a tutor or register for an online program?"...

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Savant Daniel Tammet "Sees" Numbers and Learns Languages in a Week

While possessing Savant Syndrome, Daniel can describe his inner world to scientists. Daniel Tammet holds the record for reciting Pi to 22,514 decimal places and has what is known as “Savant Syndrome". ...

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Common Word Origins

I've always been fascinated by where and how certain words or phrases have entered our current vernacular. Listed below are a few of ones I've discovered recently. I'll add more as I find them. Enjoy! Blue...

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ESL - English as a Second Language

If you’re an English speaking person and you don’t travel to other countries then you probably have no idea what it is really like to be in a foreign land where you do not know the language and trying...

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Mass nouns vs. Count Nouns, and What Is Between.

Nouns have traditionally been classified as either count or mass. However, there is a grey area between where dual, or ambiguous nouns fall. Some of these are surprising.

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Divorce Lawyer For Men

Getting a divorce is a serious matter. Imagine parting away with someone whom you have known and dearly loved for a very long time. Imagine the families being torn apart due to the impending breakup of the...

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Logic Programming with PROLOG

Logic ProgrammingDefinition: A logic program is a finite set of rulesThe meaning of a logic program P, M(P), is the set of ground goals deducible from P. Application Areas: Database Expert Systems ...

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I Speak Therefore I Am

       Language symbolizes and synthesizes our experiences.  Without language, we have no way to give our stories a framework and thereby find some way to internalize and interpret the events of our...

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