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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Original Technorati articles tagged “language”

• in Lifestyle
  The Benefits of Integrating Art into the Classroom
  benefits of an art education include improved reading, language, math, thinking, and social skills
  by alicarnold / on Apr 9, 2013
• in TV
  Language of the Romani: A Viewers’ Glossary
  American Gypsies: National Geographic's new documentary series.
  by bbarnett / on Jul 18, 2012
• in Entertainment
  We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân (2011) Focuses on A Nearly Lost Language
  Documentary captures a linguistic miracle as Cape Cod’s Wampanoag Indians reclaim their lost language and reconnect with their heritage.
  by missbobetier / on Mar 13, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “language”

 

• Links I Like

  
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  Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing.  Click here for past Links I Like . Making your ideas contagious . Excited to read this book. Jake Chambers on Your language as a leader matters . When Mother’s Day is hard . You ...
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• Holy Shit: A Brief History of Swearing

  
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  Ich liege grade so ein bisschen krank im Bett – Grippe und gleichzeitig Zug an den Nieren (Aua!) –, da musste ich mir natürlich ein neues Buch auf mein Kindle laden, weil ich ja nichts zum Lesen habe. Wie auch immer: Melissa Mohrs Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing klingt auch ohne Grippe nach einem Must ...
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• On pulling a cosmos out of a non-existent hat . . .

  
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  This morning, CH has by implication raised the issue that has been hotly debated recently: getting a cosmos out of “nothing.” I thought it would be helpful to headline my comment: ______________ >>  . . . “Something from nothing” is always problematic. Now, I know I know, here is Ethan Siegel ...
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• The Importance of Reading to Babies

  
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  As a librarian, a linguist, and an English major, I highly value and understand the importance of reading to young children. When I was a child, I loved getting lost in the world of books. As soon as I learned how to read, I was off and running. The first book that I really remember reading myself is Little House in ...
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• 5 Things We Have in Common with Neanderthals

  
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  Some common words in our language may have existed 150 centuries ago -- and some other ways we members of Homo sapiens are similar to long-extinct Neanderthals.
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• URGENT COMP ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

  
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  Hello I Need VERY URGENT HELP in doing Microcode Assignment This assignment is concerned with the design of a microcoded control unit for a simple CPU The Picocomputer described in the lecture notes has 8 simple instructions The Superpicocomputer for this assignment also has 8 instructions Please check the… Required ...
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• Language change in progress – us and our Red Sox buddies

  
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  Just now I was washing breakfast dishes and mentally composing a Facebook post, which started out “Last night was not a good night for Orioles – Red Sox – anti-Yankees fans! The three way tie for first place got broken in the worst direction! Us and our Red Sox buddies …” and I forget how that sentence was ...
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• Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) (Episode 6) (720p – 90MB) English Subbed Download!

  
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  Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Super Power Type: TV Series, Ongoing, Episode 1/? Vintage: 07.04.2013 till Ongoing Language: Japanese audio with English subtitles DOWNLOAD HERE!
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• Book Watch: Releasing This Week #124

  
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  Below are the YA books releasing this week that I am spotlighting for my “ Book Watch: Releasing This Week ” post. These are books for the week of May 14th-May 20th  that I have pre-ordered. GOLDEN by Jessi Kirby will be released in the U.S. on May 14, 2013 in hardcover and eBook formats. It is ...
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• recalcitrant

  
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  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for May 12, 2013 is: sesquipedalian • \sess-kwuh-puh-DAIL-yun\  • adjective 1 : having many syllables : long 2 : using long words Examples: Jacobs editor advised him to do away with much of the sesquipedalian prose he favored and opt for simpler words that ...
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• Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai 2 (Episode 6) (720p – 90MB) English Subbed Download!

  
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  Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai 2 Episode 06 Genres: Comedy, Seinen, Slice of Life Type: TV Series, Ongoing, Episode 1/? Vintage: 07.04.2013 till Ongoing Language: Japanese audio with English subtitles Description Second season of Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai Download Ore no ...
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• "Is THAT How You Say" 3

  
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  Further to this and this , here are a few more instances of words whose "correct" pronunciation surprised me when I heard an audio-book actor speak them in the Queens English... Vicissitude —I have always taken this to be a Mississippi word, with three short i s: "vis-Sis-sit-tood." As prolific audio-book ...
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• What Does “On Velvet” Mean and Where Does the Phrase “On Velvet” Come From?

  
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  Although the Wardrobe Accounts of Edward II state that that British sovereign (1307-27) had “l couerchief ...
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• High school senior revitalizing Salish

  
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  Vance Home Gun, a high school senior, created an organization named “Yoyoot skwkwimlt” to promote Salish, also known as Montana Salish (fla). Read an interview with Gun in “Language Preservation Made Vance Home Gun a Champion for Change.”
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• Shark Sign @ TEDxStanford [Flickr]

  
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  jurvetson posted a photo: The sign language lady did not yet realize that there was a shark swimming up in the air behind her... From TEDxStanford today: Blake English, the design student and creator explained that his inspiration came from a 5 ft. long prototype that sent a girl in his dorm running off ...
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• Word of the day

  
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  Mother – a woman who gives birth or who has the responsibility of physical and emotional care for specific children;  female parent;  woman in authority; the superior of a religious community of women; woman who creates, originates, or founds something; creative source; an origin; woman respected for her wisdom ...
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• Zaria’s May Chitter Chatter

  
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  We’d been really busy the last few weeks, with the Malaysia General Election (following real news on the internet, going to listen to ceramah or speeches held by political parties); the preparation for the girls’ exams, etc etc. Still sorting out the photos taken during our holiday in Sri Lanka , and working on ...
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• The dangers of eating out with junior high students

  
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  “You asked for this,” I tell myself as I stand in front of the unruly grade nine students. They’re big. They’re loud. They’re bold. And, I’m not all that much older than them. They’re my PFL class—Perspectives for Living. I’m supposed to teach them life skills like self-esteem, drug and alcohol ...
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• As Below So Above

  
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  What is man? What makes man what he is? What exactly does As Above So Below mean, and how does it relate to the former questions? The Celtic Rebel, rested from a nice long vacation was back this past Sunday to address the above questions. That’s the show below [ downloadable ]: ...
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• World Haiku Anthology: A Vast Sky

  
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  On Friday night I received news that two of my haiku will be published in the new World Haiku Anthology: A Vast Sky . This follows acceptances in nothing in the window (Red Moon Anthology of English Language Haiku 2012) and Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years , making the past 6-months very ...
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