Showing posts with label foreign languages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign languages. Show all posts
Sunday, October 12, 2025

The Roots of Language

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I call the inflection point in human history when thinkers gave structure to the words in their heads the Grammatical Revolution.  We easily...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Forbidden Planet

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Forbidden Planet  influenced my passion for languages. I first saw it on television as a movie special when I was in my early teens. Profes...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Spoken American Grammar

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"If he was to go to the White House..."   "A group of men were on their way..." Languages change. We know that.  Y...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

The Living Fish Swims Under the Water

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My Google email account associated with this blog is uszik11@gmail.com .  It is a pun. I took USZIK ELEVEN from what is supposed to be one ...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Why Do Young Women Growl?

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If you listen to young women, about age 35 and below, you will notice that they growl.  They also end every sentence and many phrases with ...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

AKKADIAN ROOTS OF MODERN SEMITIC LANGUAGES

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Dated at 2360 BCE, Sargon of Akkad eclipsed the Sumerian kingdoms along the Tigris and Euphrates. In Akkadian SALIMUM ALLAKUM means “peace ...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

Ruby Methods the Ruby Way

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On Monday, October 5, 2015, Hal Edwin Fulton, author of The Ruby Way presented “Core Methods We Forgot We Have” to AustinRB at the Capital...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Linguistics Debate: What Colors are Your Rainbow?

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We too easily assume that our Paleolithic ancestors perceived the natural world of trees and sky the same way that we do. However, sensati...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Language and Thought: As You Think, So You Speak

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The primary purpose of language is thought. Communication is secondary. It is true that language evolved out of animal calls. Ravens have 3...