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logarithmichistory.wordpress.com
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| | | | | 2.43 - 2.31 billion years ago There are some interesting parallels between chemistry on the one hand, and linguistics on the other. Remarkably,a recent article makes a strong casethat there is an actual historical connection between the science of linguistics and the science of chemistry. Specifically, Mendeleev's construction of the Periodic Table of Elements was... | |
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makingnoiseandhearingthings.com
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| | | | | One of the reallycool things about the internet is thatit's a great medium to observe linguistic innovations. A lot of examples of linguistic play that would have been pretty ephemeral are now safely recorded and shared. (Can you imagine being able to listen to the first examples of Pig Latin? In addition to being cool,... | |
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bnuyaminim.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Bit of a posting spree this week, but I'm looking for feedback on something that's been bothering me for several years now. The terms Ethiosemitic, Ethio-Semitic and so forth have a big downside: they tend to (understandably!) trigger Eritreans, who make up a considerable share of the people speaking these languages. Hence, it would be... | |
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irenewaters19.com
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| | | In response to Cee's Fun Foto Challenge. Cee is also compiling a list of challenges available on wordpress as the one on the wordpress site can no longer be added to.So if you know a challenge host, please direct them to Cee's site to give their details. | ||