language

A language is a system of communication using symbols (including physical gestures, sounds, and other means of expression). The origin of human language is not fully known, but the use of complex language is often said to be what separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. Humans use language almost constantly, as we continually communicate information.

In and around these classifications, there are many types of languages in use today, numbering in the thousands worldwide.  Some languages, such as English and Japanese, are widely spoken within a certain culture; others, like languages of many indigenous peoples, have largely died out as their populations of native speakers were marginalized. Languages such as Latin are considered "dead", having no native speakers, but are still studied in academic circles. Still other languages, such as Perl or HTML, were designed specifically for communication with machines. Signed languages make use of gestures instead of sounds, a special innovation of the deaf community. And linguistic innovation continues unabated: LOLspeak and Emoji are only two of the language-related developments born of online communication.

In the blogosphere, posts tagged with language may have to do with learning a foreign tongue, or with reflection on words or sounds; they may explore the meaning of language, discuss a child's vocabulary learning process, or use words in a new way (e.g. poetry). One thing they'll all have in common, however, is that they are written or expressed using one of the world's many functioning languages.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “language”

• Real-time search won’t kill journalism

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryGoogle just announced that it’s adding real-time news and updates to its search results, which prompted some of the journalists at the Mountain View, Calif. press event to wonder, “What does that mean for us?” Specifically, one reporter asked whether these real-time results will “kill ...
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• Soul-searching Question of Paramount Importance

  
  Ya devi sarvabhuteshu matri rupena samsthita, Namas tasyai, Namas tasyai, Namas tasyai namo namah. — Authority: 132
  Nature has a wonderfully automatic system of adjusting or providing things by the generally known market law of Demand & Supply. Where there is a demand for certain thing; there will be supply for it. If un-biased examination is carried out, results may change our perceptions about deep-rooted dogmas and beliefs. ...
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• Google adds real-time search to its results page

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryGoogle’s results are about to speed up, with what the company says is “the first time ever any search engine has integrated the real-time web into the results page.”Basically, when users search for something, the most recent news articles and posts on sites like Twitter will be immediately ...
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• “GeekSpeak” now possible on Twitter!

  
  22MOON.COM — Authority: 150
  . . . . Twitter users may now converse in Klingon, a language invented for the ...
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• Rudiments of Language Discovered in Monkeys

  
  Wired Science — Authority: 751
  Campbell’s monkeys appear to combine the same calls in different ways, using rules of grammar that turn sound into language. Whether their rudimentary syntax echoes the speech of humanity’s evolutionary ancestors, or represents an emergence of language unrelated to our own, is unclear. Either way, they’re far ...
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• learning new expressions

  
  blackpurl's knitpickings — Authority: 124
  Tom came home from Yakutia yesterday and we are so happy to have him home. He told us about an expression he heard there. If someone is totally irritating you and you have had it with their behavior to describe this situation you can say that the person is "sitting in your kidney."
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• RYAN GEE f. PICASO - INTRODUCTION OF A GEE (NEW MUSIC)

  
  Eazee Street — Authority: 448
  From the mouths of the Language Artz crew:Were are proud to Introduce another member of Language Artz! You might recognize his name from his appearance on Raw Rap Shit. He goes by Ryan Gee. On this track him and Picaso team up for a freestyle called "Introduction Of A Gee".... Enjoy!!Introduction of a Gee f. Picaso - ...
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• The Love Language sign with Merge Records

  
  HearYa - Indie Music Blog — Authority: 540
  Congratulations to a HearYa favorite, The Love Language, for recently inking a deal with Merge Records (also home to The Arcade Fire). Look for big things out of them next year when they release their first album on the new label. If you thought the self-titled release (which was recorded on a $300 device bought off ...
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• Learning progress

  
  ALTERNATE-REALITY.NET — Authority: 138
  Well, it’s been less than I hoped for. But continuing on! It looks like I almost doubled up from the mastered items last time , but it can’t be compared. Bloody thing wouldn’t let me finish things when I wanted them to be. lol. But it’s good that it does this, otherwise I would forget too soon. I will ...
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• Google adds real-time results to its search page

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Google’s results are about to speed up, with what the company says is “the first time ever any search engine has integrated the real-time web into the results page.”Basically, when users search for something, the most recent news articles and posts on sites like Twitter will be immediately into your results, and ...
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• Paralell Programming with PLT Scheme

  
  Wisdom and Wonder — Authority: 110
  Via plt-dev : I’m pleased to announce the initial release of parallel futures, a construct for fine-grained parallelism in PLT. Roughly speaking, a programmer passes a thunk to ‘future’ and it gets run in parallel. That “roughly” holds a few gotchas, partly because we’re just getting started and partly ...
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• palindrone (cont)

  
  unconquerable gladness — Authority: 429
  hitchens : At least Richard Nixon had the ill fortune to look like what he was: a haunted scoundrel and repressed psychopath. Whereas the usefulness of Sarah Palin to the right-wing party managers is that she combines a certain knowingness with a feigned innocence and a still-palpable blush of sex. But she should ...
  6 hours ago

• Just Because

  
  CJR — Authority: 594
  One reason why columns like this are written is because so many writers don’t realize when a tautology has them in its grasp and won’t let go. “Tautology” is a fancy word for “needless repetition,” or silly redundancy. And the first sentence in this column contains a double tautology. (Is that a ...
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• UBS Media Conference: Viacom Chief - Split with CBS Caused No Ha...

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  Philippe Dauman says Viacom has grown affiliate fees, bringing Hindi-language service...
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• tupelo beer

  
  unconquerable gladness — Authority: 429
  motherfuckers went apeshit when bud was sold and i said motherfuckers the shit is called budwesier which is and of itself some phony-sounding german shit. now i love me my good buddy wesier but i also see the need for a very american name that would rival miller which is why ive come up with Tupelo Beer. trademarked. ...
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• Speak and Understand The Italian Language

  
  Best Strength — Authority: 144
  The descendent of Latin, the language spoken in the Roman empire, Italian is now spoken by more than 60 million people. Unlike its ancestor, however, Italian has grammar that is considered much easier to learn. Many people learn Italian today for many different reasons. Getting an edge in the job market by learning ...
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• WebReference.com: Globalize your Web Applications: PHPs Locale ...

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 169
  On WebReference.com theres a recent article looking at the PEAR internationalization (i18n) packages and how they can be used to internationalize your application. read more
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• 12/7 Oscarweb Round-up

  
  In Contention — Authority: 137
  • Dear cry-baby Hollywood conservatives: Al Gore doesn’t even have that Oscar you want back. Talk to Davis Guggenheim. [ Top of the Ticket ] • Editor Sally Menke on how she and Quentin Tarantino “clicked.” [ The Guardian ] • Anne Thompson has 20 questions for “District 9″ star Sharlto Copley. [ ...
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• In praise of our English Language…

  
  New Worlds — Authority: 134
  Two, too, to - ‘homonyms’ that must drive adults attempting to learn English as a second language (ESL) just plain NUTS! Why ‘do’ we say “do you have any bananas?” … (”yes, we have no bananas” ;-}) Or even “How do you do?” instead of “How are you?” What is the function of ‘do’? ...
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• Dick Armey Opposes Republican Purity Test’s Immigration Language

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 143
  Harsh immigration policies also aren’t good for Armey’s pocketbook or his right-wing movement. In 2006, Armey’s lobbying firm started getting paid by the Senado de Republica (Mexican Senate) to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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